Originally Posted by
BTM87
Picked up my first road bike today off craigslist. 2001 Trek 5500, here it is after my first ride on it.
The thing about those Treks is that they were so ahead of their time carbon fiber technology wise. Dura Ace 7700 is a beloved groupset and those wheels are actually worth a lot of money if you ever decide to upgrade you can sell them on eBay for a lot to offset the price of a new set.
Its not that difficult to upgrade that frame with newer components/fork/wheels and keep that bike going strong.
I upgraded mine and had a ton of fun with it.
and another guy from across the pond went hog wild with his upgrades to near obscene (in a good way) levels.
its also one of the last mass produced carbon frames that isn't sloping/compact, so much history behind that particular frame design.