Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
I would guess tires or wheels.
I have a Trek 400 Elance- it's a beautiful bike, I think it's the prettiest bike I own. For whatever reason, riding it was a neutral experience. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't like it. I changed wheels (actually went from 700c x32 to 27 x 1 1/8) and I found I really liked the ride much better. Whether it was the better hubs, a larger wheel, more or less air volume, different freewheel... I don't know. It was a pronounced difference in the way the bike rode.
Now that's interesting.
I was thinking of changing from 700c wheels to 27 x 1 1/4, I've not heard of anyone who has done this retro reverse
My reason is that its becoming difficult over here to find period looking 700c wheels as I don't want to use new alloys.
I understand the brakes may need changing, interesting to hear of someone who has done it.
Beic