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Old 04-27-26 | 09:07 AM
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From: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)

Bikes: 1986 Alpine (steel road bike), 2009 Ti Habenero, 2013 Specialized Roubaix

I was thinking about how all my friends get new bikes every 3-5 years and how I don't.

My Habanero is my workhorse and has well over 100K miles and is about 17 years old. I am thinking the only FOMO (fear of missing out) I have with it is lack of disc brakes, which is not a huge issue but in the wet it's definitely AN issue, and the latest crackpot idea I have is to consider getting a new fork that will accept disc brakes, so I can run a front disc (where most of the stopping power matters) and rear rim brake.

Any ideas and/or comments? Am I being too thrifty for my own good? A new Ti frame with custom geometry (whose only benefit would be a rear disc brake) is going to cost at least a few thousand bucks. Then the fork and new groupset is going to cost even more.
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