Originally Posted by
Stayfrosty24
I have a trek kaitai 2011 with less than 500 miles on it. Awesome bike I love it even more since I put 700x45 tires on it. My local bike shop wants about 250 to set it up with disc breaks (since I need new rims for them as well)
But...
My coworker just offered me 400 for the bike!
So do I keep it and add 250$ worth of upgrades or do I sell it and spend another 300 to get a 8.2 or something similar!! I'm so stuck and can't make a decision.
Lastly if anyone knows where I can get set up with decent rims and disc breaks for less then wod help my decision...Thanks!!
Your co worker is smarter than you think. A basically new bike like that with upgraded tires for $400 that would retail for $660 today, new. (The DS 8.3). Any reason you feel you have to have disc breaks? FWIW, my son rides with a high school mountain biking team, and close the half the team still uses bikes with V Breaks, and they race single track. I know V Brakes are on the way out, and in a few years, only legacy bikes and entry level hybrids will have them, but for now, they work fairly well. You can always upgrade pads to something like Kool Stop pads for little money.