I have an old trek that I would like to turn into a training bike. My milage so far this year has been close to 200km per week and increasing weekly and I am now considering getting some more durable components to cope with the extra mileage load.
The Trek 370 is a steel bike with an RX-100 groupset at present and downtube shifters. I spotted a Campy Xenon groupset on PBK for around $500NZ and the thought of getting a 10 speed bike under 1k was tempting.
So here are my options for now...
1. Buy Xenon groupset, cold-set the Trek, strip and give the Trek a new paint job. Would work out around NZ 700, enough to buy an entry-level road bike.
2. Buy a new entry level road bike.
Question is, are the Campy Xenons any good? Would it be worthwhile to build up an older, mid-range steel frame with nice components?
The Trek 370 is a steel bike with an RX-100 groupset at present and downtube shifters. I spotted a Campy Xenon groupset on PBK for around $500NZ and the thought of getting a 10 speed bike under 1k was tempting.
So here are my options for now...
1. Buy Xenon groupset, cold-set the Trek, strip and give the Trek a new paint job. Would work out around NZ 700, enough to buy an entry-level road bike.
2. Buy a new entry level road bike.
Question is, are the Campy Xenons any good? Would it be worthwhile to build up an older, mid-range steel frame with nice components?