A guy has a Novara Strada for sale down the road from me. I went and looked at it. It's just your typical older aluminum road bike from what I can tell. It has no sizing info on it. Just a sticker about the aluminum.



I found these specs online that seem to fit with it:

1997 Novara Strada
MSRP (new) $750.00
Weight 23.5 (felt lighter)
Sizes Large, medium, small, xlarge
Colors Dark blue
Frame Construction TIG-welded
Frame Tubing Material 7005 aluminum, double-butted
Fork Brand & Model Spinner
Fork Material Chromoly, unicrown crown
Component Group Shimano RSX
Shift Levers Shimano RSX STI Dual Control
Front Derailleur Shimano RSX top-swing, top-pull/clamp-on 31.8 mm
Rear Derailleur Shimano RSX GS
Crankset Shimano RSX, 30/42/52 teeth
Bottom Bracket Shimano BB-UN52, 122.5 mm spindle
BB Shell Width 68mm English
Rear Cogs 7-speed, 13 - 28 teeth
Chain KMC HG-50, 1/2 x 3/32"
Seatpost Tahoma DP 410, 27.0 mm diameter
Saddle Viscount 2951
Handlebar Rito R-66
Handlebar Extensions Not applicable
Handlebar Stem Rito AH-8
Headset 1" threadless Dia-Compe Aheadset
Hubs Shimano RSX
Rims Mavic MA-2, 32-hole
Spoke Brand Shuhn Lih stainless steel, 2.0mm straight gauge
Spoke Nipples Brass nipples

The bike won't shift at all. I was thinking about buying it and putting a newer, used drivetrain on it just for the experience. Was thinking of offering a $100 for it.

Is this a decent bike to do this with? Does it have any specs that would make it difficult to upgrade the drivetrain to something modern? Price decent?