Need a bit of advice from cycling fishes, I bought one of these second hand yesterday:
https://archive.trekbikes.com/us/en/2014/Trek/7_2_fx#/us/en/2014/Trek/7_2_fx/details
It's in good condition and feels comfortable. However it's only one or two rings up the trek ladder and surprisingly, given its frame is aluminium, is quite heavy ( it has mudguards, lock and rack, all of which I need).
Any advise on a value for money improvement I can make? Either to save weight or to make it markedly better. I don't want to spend a lot for now but would be happy to spend a bit to make a difference.
I concur with the advice from others, it would take more money than is sensible to make an appreciable difference.
Plus unless you are doing some serious climbing then heavy ish bikes aren't the end of the world, I do fine on my old steel Claud Butler, it probably comes in at 13kg with a rack on and I can average 18/19mph on a good day and get up most things that aren't like the side of a house.
It's cheaper/easier for me to drop 5kg than chop it off the bike!
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