Originally Posted by
carleton
Seriously...why not just buy a different bike?
Swapping out costs money.
Just take the cost of all of your proposed swaps. Then add 20% to that (because we all estimate too low when trying to buy and too high when trying to sell). That would be your total cost of ownership of your new, upgraded bike. Now look for a new complete bike that costs around that much.
because i just bought a complete bike (used) for close to the cost of just the frameset of the same bike (new), and i already have the components i mentioned sitting around. was trying to figure out which of those swaps makes sense. and if i did buy a different complete bike, i would undoubtly swap parts of that bike out over time. i doubt i will ever find a complete bike where i am completely satisfied w/ the entire build for the duration of my ownership of it. i would say the same is true for most people on this forum.