Originally Posted by
RdRider
I've been tossing around the idea of either getting a new bike or upgrading. I've been trolling boards for responses to this common question and it seems to come down to "If you have a good frame, upgrade. If not, get a new bike with a good frame." ...which is all well and good. But what's considered a "good frame"?
It fits, suits your needs, and the cost to upgrade is sufficiently better than buying a comparable (quality, weight, whatever) new bike with better components.
I've been riding the same Litespeed frame and Look fork since 1997, and most recently my $700 move to 10 cogs with Record deraileurs and NOS Ultrashift levers was about $4000 less expensive than a comparable new bike. Moving on to 9 speed at under $300 for freehub bodies and index cam was about $3000 more affordable.