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Trainer question
So I have a 90's trek 2300 carbon pro that I bought when I started back cycling after a 15 year break. It's a standard double but I've switched the gears for climbing so the front is a 39/52 and the rear is a 11-32 7 speed cassette. I've recently purchased a 2010 Trek 2.1 triple. I'm guessing the 2300 is only worth in the neighborhood of $250-$350 max.
I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to keep the 2300 just to ride on the trainer during the winter. I'd have to buy an additional set of pedals since the ones I had went to the new bike. I have cheapo wellgo old style look pedals which sell for 30 bucks on ebay with new cleats which I actually need. The cycling coach where I teach said not to keep the 2300 because he said you really need a bike with a identical setup on both the road and the trainer. My thought is that on the trainer riding is riding. It is close to the wrong season to sell a bike so I could use it on the trainer this winter and then sell it next year as well.
Keep it or sell it?
(my wife says sell it...haha)
I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to keep the 2300 just to ride on the trainer during the winter. I'd have to buy an additional set of pedals since the ones I had went to the new bike. I have cheapo wellgo old style look pedals which sell for 30 bucks on ebay with new cleats which I actually need. The cycling coach where I teach said not to keep the 2300 because he said you really need a bike with a identical setup on both the road and the trainer. My thought is that on the trainer riding is riding. It is close to the wrong season to sell a bike so I could use it on the trainer this winter and then sell it next year as well.
Keep it or sell it?
(my wife says sell it...haha)
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I ride older bikes on my trainer all the time, all winter.
In the spring I put the bike I'm going to be riding outside on the trainer for a week or two.
In the spring I put the bike I'm going to be riding outside on the trainer for a week or two.
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Why wouldn't you ride the actual bike you're going to be using on the road on the trainer?
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If I were you I would keep the old bike.
For the trainer, rain, winter riding, travel or in case some goes wrong with your main ride, it's good to have a backup bike.
You would get very little for it, if you sell it.
For the trainer, rain, winter riding, travel or in case some goes wrong with your main ride, it's good to have a backup bike.
You would get very little for it, if you sell it.
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That's what I was thinking. It has new tires and I recently had the rear hub overhauled and the rim trued. My thought was that I would sweat all over the crappy bike and maybe save a little of the new one. I'm not one to have an extra rear wheel setup for a trainer. It's somewhat annoying to keep setting up my bike on the trainer and leaving one on it all winter seems appealing to me. I'm somewhat fond of the old bike even though it's obsolete.
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I would keep the old bike just so you don't have to mess with switching it oout on the trainer. That's what I do.
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