Originally Posted by
phillypino215
sounds like it might just be cheaper for me to buy a new bike...
I seem to have built the disc free version of the Trek Portland... before there was a Trek Portland.
The cheapest way to make your hybrid more road worthy is to add butterfly / trekking bars as then you can keep all your stock parts and enjoy a more aero position and a wide array of hand positions.
That is a really inexpensive and nice upgrade to flat bars.