Road Cycling - Is it safe to say...

...that using the components off a 2000 Trek 2300 bike on any new road frame such as (Giant, Specialized, Cannondale, etc.) will work.

Those of you who are following my threads know now that I am considering buying the 2000 Trek 2300 for approx. $400-$500 (was $750...but will make the offer on Mon.) and would like to switch out the frame for a new one after purchase. All the components on the bike is fine but the frame is beat up a bit and I am sure it has weakened over the years.

I would like to switch out for another Trek frame but I am see others for sale at good $$. I also want to move down from the 60cm to a 58cm.

Will this work? Or is there something im missing?

Thank you in advance for all of your help,

Skank

So long as both frames use the same size headset and seatpost it should work.

Are the BB's the same size? Will the brakes fit in the new fork? How about the brake bridge between the seatstays?Assuming that the front derailleur is a clamp-on, will it fit the new seat tube?

Any of the problems Dave mentioned are easily solved, just by replacing BB spindle, brake calipers, or front derailer respectively. Even if you have to do all four, the price shouldn't be more than $50-100. If you do your homework you can easily avoid all these problems.

The brake calipers can be solved without buying new brakes. Just need a new brake binder nut that is long enough to reach the threads of the brake binder bolt.

The BB of most bikes today is english (68mm) and should work on the Giant and Specialized. Cannondale makes their own proprietary BB to which you cannot use anything but theirs. Cannondale currently uses it on their high end bikes... I think you can order the frame with a standard BB shell size of 68mm.

Trek tends to use clamp mounted front derailleurs on their aluminum frames (the 2000 for example) and therefore if the other bikes do not have the same diameter seat tube, you will simply need to order a new clamp and transfer the frond D from the old clamp to the new one... I think you can do that with Tiagra front D. I know in the 8-speed days Simano made clamp on front Ds that were integral to the clamp. Not sure they still do that. I think all of the 9-speed groupo is a braze-on type bolted into a clamp.

Actually thinking about it, what age is the 2000? It may pre-date Trek using threadless headsets. If it does then you will have to toss the fork and headset. If it has threadless then you may be able to salvage the headset but not sure about the fork. Depends on head tube length of the new frame.

Seatpost can only be salvaged if the seat tube is same diameter.