Originally Posted by datlas

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.