Originally Posted by cudak888
There is no benefit to changing to 700Cs save for the following reasons:
#1: Your existing wheels are tacoed, and you don't have a pair of alloy 27s" on hand.
#2: Your existing rims are steel, and you have a good pair of aluminum 700C hoops/wheels on hand, but no 27s".
#3: Your spare wheelsets are limited to aluminum 700Cs (no 27s"), and your frameset is sans wheels of any kind.
#4: You already have 700Cs.
#5: You want 500+ choices of tyres instead of 50+.
-Kurt
thanks! i think i'll stick with 27's, but i'd still like to have the quick release, so i should look for a used set of 27's?
also, to answer my original question, did i pay too much for this bike? when i brought it home, i did a search here on the forums and found someone saying that some of the univega models are complete garbage and may be made with plumbers pipe?