Originally Posted by
nesteel
Changing to 700c has nothing to do with modernizing the bike. My '83 720 wears a set of 700c wheels with early Specialized sealed bearing hubs. Now I have a nice, very low maintenance hub combined with an increased tire selection. Nothing else was updated, I just wanted a broader selection of tires, and the sealed bearing hubs are hardly what one would call a downgrade.
good enuf. my concern is spreading the rear of the bike to accommodate a 700c wheel, IMHO this may weaken the steel to some degree. other then that, it's a nice feature.