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View Poll Results: What to do?
Upgrade all components on old Peugeot
1
14.29%
Get new (Spec HardRock XC) or used (<£150) mountain bike
5
71.43%
Upgrade tires on Allez (Michelin Krylion) and use that for year-round use
1
14.29%
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Upgrade parts on old winter bike or get new bike? (Poll)

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Old 09-05-06, 10:03 AM
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Upgrade parts on old winter bike or get new bike? (Poll)

My dry-weather only road bike is a Spec Allez. I also have an old Peugeot mountain bike which needs new brakes, cables, bottom bracket (probably), crankset (the middle one actually has a crack in it), chain, probably new sprocket, tires (within next 6 months).

I need a bike to use for winter (not snow) and general wet-weather cycling (training only). I can do one of the following:
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I'd tend to say get the spec. It will cost probably just as much (or more) to upgrade the old one.
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