Originally Posted by Sinfield
here's my two cents on the matter. Buy an older, cheap roadie and use the money you save to upgrade the components/ put STI style shifters on it/ put decent modern, light wheels on. You'll be in under the price for a hooked up new road bike and you'll have a great ride that might be slightly heavier than a contemporary frame.
Plus, you can run a quill stem on it to keep true to your old school track roots.
ya. i really like the older/vintage style frames... but finding them in great condition isn't always easy. the big advantage to a vintage bike is that i actually *don't* like the STI shifters.... would prefer the older style on the toptube (it's just what i'm used to... plus theres something nice about reaching down pedalstroke)
i saw the $700 road bike forum which is what brought me to the specialized. its basically the only new, non-alum bike that i can stand looking at (barely, since its compact geometry).
i might have to go for it.
thanks
-a