Originally Posted by
elanamig
Thanks! I just hope it fits, will be trying it this weekend!
You're right, but then there are some used things that have better value than new ones. That's what I meant when I asked that question.
That frame has seen action from 2002-2006, and then again in 2010 for a couple of months. The drive train is 2 years old, and owner had regular tuneups.
The Trek has been sold to someone else, BTW, so it's off the table anyway.
Then I'll answer this way...
The Specialized Allez Elite was a much better bike at its debut, than the Trek 1.2 was upon its debut. That said, neither one of them could ever have been better than a 1993 Schwinn Paramount Team 3.
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Why?", you say...
Because the service life of the thirty year old steel framed bicycle, was never limited by the accumulation of stress cycles.