Originally Posted by
fmullegun
My wife was asking for a new bike instead of me overhauling the "old" one with new bearings and brake pads. I went to the LBS and the same model as her's is now 200 more list price!
This is her bike:
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/2006/archive/75fx
I was thinking carbon stem, fork, bar and seatpost. If I buy the takeoff/used Bontrager parts off of eBay it will be less than half the price of buying a new bike.
You guys have any advice in what order I should do the upgrades before my wallet runs out?
What's her objective - to go faster and further? If so, upgrdaing a hybrid bike doesn't do anything. Unless her current bike doesn't fit, switching to a new stem, fork, bar and seatpost doesn't do anything. Going to carbon has absolutely no imapct. Despite all the marketing hype, carbon doesn't do anything except cost more - the exception is CF frames.
If she wants to go faster, get a road bike