First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
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First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby Aj_clark » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:38 am
I believe it's a 1996 cannondale r600. . I gave it a clean up and took it on the RAC freeway bike hike last weekend, which was a lot of fun. I guess my problem is I don't have anything to compare it to in terms of its current performance.
My question is, should I just be looking at getting a service and enjoying it how it is, or are there some parts that I really should upgrade (I imagine components have come a long way in 17 years!)! If so, what are they? I don't mind spending a bit of money on it to get a much better ride, but I really have no idea where to start. As far as I can tell, the only modification to it is a carbon fork, but I don't know if they came with them of not. What would get me the best bang for buck?
Thanks for your help!
Andrew.
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby eightsixboy » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:13 am
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby boss » Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:49 am
If I were you, I'd service it, get it running sweet.
Then I'd get excited and buy some nice wheels and a modern groupset.
But if we are going to talk objectively, your money (aside from the service) would likely be better spent on a brand new bike.
If you really want to spend some money on it, wheels are always a good upgrade... They're easily swapped between bikes (if you buy a new bike) and they are easy to palm off on the second hand market.
Also consider spending money on riding gear... For me, kit (bib Knicks, jerseys, socks) and tools are always handy. We are coming into winter so vests, jackets, arm/leg warmed are going to be useful.
P.s. front wheel QR is on the wrong side dude. Flip it around so both QR's are on the same side
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Postby Aj_clark » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:33 pm
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby macca33 » Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:13 pm
What I'm trying to say is, ride this one for a while (as is) as it is a good standard of bike - probably higher-end in its day - and if you get the strong urge to keep going, buy something as flash as you can, as a reward and for further motivation.
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby The 2nd Womble » Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:04 pm
For the Nishiki I bought, the 38cm bars were a joke for me so I went straight to 44's. I shortened the stem to 80mm and am waiting on a Thomson setback post and longer saddle so my weight isn't crushing my hands every time I hop on.
If you like the frameset, go nuts. Mine is an Alu frame but almost plush to ride, so I'll eventually be building a new high end bike up around it. It'll be unique, awesome and mine. The modding bug hits hard!
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby QuangVuong » Sun Mar 31, 2013 4:34 pm
And better chuck some spacers on that headset.
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby Aj_clark » Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:38 pm
Hi QuangVuong, sorry, I'm really new to this, could you please elaborate on the headset / spacer comment?QuangVuong wrote:You've got a 105SC groupset(maybe with a RX100 crankset), which still performs well! And it's got the 105(5500) 9 speed shifters which are much newer than the rest of the groupset. Don't see a point in upgrading, as they are pretty good as it is. I've got the RX100(equivalent of 105) as well as the 105 (5500) sets, and they equally perform. But if you change your mind, I'd be happy to grab this groupset.
And better chuck some spacers on that headset.
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby ldrcycles » Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:00 pm
Re the headset spacers, the fork is made for the old 1" quill stem, and has an adaptor for the A-Headset type stem currently fitted (may be either 1" or 1-1/8"). IF the stem was ever to loosen off, there is nothing to stop it dropping down that adaptor to the top of the headset, highly unlikely I would have thought, but putting some spacers on there would prevent it. QV may have just been referring to aesthetics though, in which case I agree, would look a bit better (being a retro lover I think it would look much better with a quill stem but that's just my opinion ).
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby QuangVuong » Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:17 pm
As above for the spacers. But if it does loosen and slip down, you will have no steering control.
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Postby Aj_clark » Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:54 pm
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby pawnii » Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:31 pm
How old are the tyres?
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Re: First (2nd hand) road bike - parts upgrades?
Postby Bob_TAS » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:58 pm
Whilst not necessary to fork over that hard earned cash to your LBS, at least make sure that everything is in order before putting in any serious distance.
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