Subject: upgrade wheel or bike so i'm in season 2. I don't ride as much as I should but that's another issue for another day. I'm currently riding a 2009 Specialized Tricross sport with low milage. it's a good bike, I bought it because I wasn't ready to commit to a full roadie for my first bike. would be comfortable with that decision now. but i have no issue with this bike. it works for the amount of riding a do and as a clyde a pound or two doesn't mean much to me. I'm doing a trail ride (rails to trails trail) this weekend with a friend and having to break out the orginal wheels for the first time since i've had bike as opposed to road slicks. maybe I'm lazy, but i was considering just buying another wheelset to put the "trail" tires on so I can just switch them out. I went to look at what was available at the LBS (can get into a baseline bontraeger set at the lbs for $125), but then I got to thinking maybe I should just upgrade the wheelset for road riding as that's what I've always been told is the best upgrade to make--the one's the shop owner reccomended as a good starting point came in at about $550 plus a new cassette for ease of swapping. Here's my quandry. I only paid like $700 for my bike and that seems like an awefully steep investment upgrade. would I be better off to go ahead and make that change or just shop for a whole new-to-me road bike with better components out of the shoot. thanks in advance for your thoughts. |