Originally Posted by 2Liter
So, i've been attached to the saddle of my bike my entire life...it goes where i go. In the past this has strictly been up wicked climbs in the Collegiate peaks and the sierras. However, my studies have dragged me away from my beloved hills to Wisconsin. To prevent insanity i have taken to the road.
This august i will be riding in a 400 mile ride (6 days). I am a poor, poor unfunded treehuggin grad student who can't afford a bike.
Will i survive on my old, weather worn trek MTB?
You know - I'm touring again this summer on my 1989 Trek 8000 which I modified for touring back then. It's got close to 100,000 K on it and I have no problem putting a few more thousand on it. I mean, yeah, you need to replace a few components now and then plus keep it tuned - but if it's basically sound, why let some hot-rodder on a $7,000 bike give you any grief - it's your life.
John