Timeline for Swapping a road bike frame for a bigger one?
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| Oct 6, 2018 at 23:34 | comment | added | David Richerby | Given that the 1000 wasn't a top-of-the-range bike, you'll probably find that the only way of getting a larger frame is to buy the whole bike, at which point the whole exercise becomes moot. | |
| Mar 16, 2015 at 14:23 | comment | added | Batman | Given a Trek 1000 wasn't a high end bike, swapping the components over won't be worth it (esp. if you dont have all the tools on hand already) versus selling the bike and getting something else. You'll likely not want to put the fork off the current bike onto the new one since the geometry will likely not come out right anyway. But if you really want to, pretty much everything can be swapped over to a new frame. | |
| Mar 16, 2015 at 10:50 | answer | added | mikes | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 16, 2015 at 8:54 | comment | added | andy256 | Agree with @Eric. The components aren't anything special. | |
| Mar 16, 2015 at 7:13 | comment | added | Eric Smekens | If you buy a new frame, it's easier and probably cheaper to sell your current bike, and buy a complete new one. | |
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| Mar 16, 2015 at 4:02 | history | asked | Jan Vosahlik | CC BY-SA 3.0 |