Quote Originally Posted by Kalidurga View Post
This conversation could probably be included in Owlie's other thread: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=35960. Not necessarily any reason to have two such similar threads by the same poster going on at the same time
Hah, I completely forgot that I'd posted this. Posting while jet lagged is a bad thing! I plan on upgrading the Giant eventually, but the new bike would come first.

Catriona, I'm not such a purist that I won't mix component makes. I'd just want to put 105 or the equivalent on the bike. Whatever SRAM's or FSA's equivalent of 105 is fine. This will be a project bike--I'd be buying components one at a time. I'd really only be interested in changing the cassette, rear derailleur and shifters, at least initially. I'd like to change it to a 9- or 10-speed, hence the need to change the shifters.
The comfort thing...right now, I think the bike needs a little tweaking, but I'm talking more about things along the lines of, say, road vibration. It'll probably be more than it's worth to put carbon bars on it, wouldn't it?