I bought a £700 second hand Trek Domane and upgraded it to see how good it could really get.
The final total came in just under £900… but was it actually worth it?
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Ryet Saddle https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Eu4WKak
Tyres https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Goodyear-Eagle-F1-SuperSport-R-Tubeless-Road-Bike-Tyre_263804.htm?variations=colour:Black,option:700%2520x%252028c%2520%257C%252028-622%2520%257C%2520255g&sku=952684
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Timestamps
0:00 — The £700 Bike Recap
1:05 — The Plan
3:00 — Cockpit Upgrades
4:00 — Tubeless Setup
5:50 — Drivetrain Changes
7:28 — Finishing Touches
7:58 — How Does It Ride?
9:18 — Final Weight
8 Comments
Link to the new cassette, please.
What Crit track was that you were racing on? I live in Cheshire and looking for local crits, i've got my eye on Darley Moor, are there others?
Surely, there's another 250+ grams to saved with a carbon crank set. I have just had delivered a Leese crank from Ali with a Ti 24mm axle (measures 23.99mm, the same as the R7100 it is replacing) for £153 delivered. Leese use the Easton standard and they have 1-piece chainrings at c.180g, which will bring the complete crank to c.530 grams.
There's nothing wrong with rim brake bikes , still own a couple of them and love them 👌
What cassette was it you used on this build, great content 👍🏼
Btw Trek sell the tubeless insert for the wheels, they’re a thick flexible plastic belt that fits into the wheel, so you don’t need tape. This made things so much simpler for me, after I tried and failed multiple times with the same wheels trying to get tubeless setup.
I fitted a Goldix ultralight crankset which uses a 24mm aluminium axle and so far so good admittedly it done less than 700kms, but it does get cranked up some fairly steep stuff! I think your riro crank will be fine! I say Throw it on 👍🏻
Just ride all of them👍