I've got a Specialized Allez Triple, bought new circa 2006. It's served me well, and I've always been the performance limit (not the bike).
The gears have finally started to get very "tired", and despite attempts at tuning, it's no longer particularly smooth, and sometimes has trouble shifting.
The question I'm pondering is whether I should replace the groupset with something newer (and hopefully better), or just keep the bike for use on the turbo trainer and get a completely new bike.
The bike was (fairly) budget in 2006 (circa £500), and has an aluminium frame, carbon fork, Alex DA1 rims, Shimano Sora front (52-40-30T) and shifters, and a Shimano Tiagra rear (8 speed). I don't know if it has the capability to run disc brakes.
Looking at the Specialized website, the current base Allez is £1,000, and doesn't look to be a step up in quality (mostly Claris running gear). As £1,000 is basically my budget, that would lean me towards upgrading the existing bike; but (assuming it would even fit), would it be worth trying to fit - say - Shimano 105 parts to a near 20 year old bike?
The gears have finally started to get very "tired", and despite attempts at tuning, it's no longer particularly smooth, and sometimes has trouble shifting.
The question I'm pondering is whether I should replace the groupset with something newer (and hopefully better), or just keep the bike for use on the turbo trainer and get a completely new bike.
The bike was (fairly) budget in 2006 (circa £500), and has an aluminium frame, carbon fork, Alex DA1 rims, Shimano Sora front (52-40-30T) and shifters, and a Shimano Tiagra rear (8 speed). I don't know if it has the capability to run disc brakes.
Looking at the Specialized website, the current base Allez is £1,000, and doesn't look to be a step up in quality (mostly Claris running gear). As £1,000 is basically my budget, that would lean me towards upgrading the existing bike; but (assuming it would even fit), would it be worth trying to fit - say - Shimano 105 parts to a near 20 year old bike?