Originally Posted by
Maelochs
You could save a pound by swapping the fork and you would still have a 26-28-pound bike with w low-level drive train and heavy wheels, designed for casual, comfortable low-speed riding around town..
You could save another pound by spending another $300-$400 and upgrading the drive train a few levels.
After all that money, I honestly doubt you would feel any difference in the bike's performance.
As @
Rolla said, you could do a lot more to change the bike's responsiveness by investing $400-$500 in lighter wheels and tires.
After all that, you would end up with a bike almost as good as a new bike which would cost the same.
I would not put a penny into that Trek. I would ride it it and enjoy it as is, while saving up for a better bike more suited to the type of riding I actually do. If you actually do casual, low-speed riding around town, the bike is already perfect.
Thanks
Maelochs !
Yes, I think you're right, but the truth is that since I already had the bike, and the size and frame geometry are PERFECT for me, I thought it would be better for me to change certain things to my liking than buy a new bike.
Anyway, I've already "update" parts of my bike, so now buying a new one is not an option
In fact, actually I've changed a lot of thing of my bike:
Now, I've in my bike:
Lghter wheels; Mavic Ksyrium S
Lighter tires: Pirelli's 700x28c
Lighter Front transmission: Shimano GRX 40T (1x)
Rear transmissión: Shimano Ultegra (11v)
So, for me, is a lot better bike now.
But, would love to keep "slimming" it, and I think the fork is where you can reduce more weight with less money... especially if we consider that the original fork is made of steel, not aluminum!
The problem is that I can't find info anywhere about the weight of the FX 7.4 carbon fork.
If
mstateglfr is right (thanks
mstateglfr too for that info!), then my steel fork must weight (at least) 1250 grams, but I can't find info about the weight of the FX 7.4 carbon fork... 😭
According to the table of
Rolla , IF the steel fork of my FX 7.1 weight is 1250g, and supposing that carbon fork of the FX 7.4 weight a bit more than the heaviest of that list, lets say 650g, I would be saving (in the worst scenario), 650g, and will cost me around 200$
Anyway, what I don't understand is why Trek dosn't have the weight of their bike parts in his database for when a client call to his customers service (they have the measures, but not the weight)! 😡