u/BiscottiLiving9499

Here is my bike that I I retired from my grandpa, it's a 90s Peugeot Touraine Bike Made in France, I had thoughts about stripping it down completely and upgrading almost everything but my budget is kinda short for carbon wheels and a full new groupset 😬.

What do you guys think i should do ?

I had fun making ai simulations with Modern parts, but it will probably be impossible for me to build money wise. Still cool tho.

What do you think and what upgrades should I make (new groupset, brakes)

Hey, so I have been wanting to get into cycling for pretty cheap, I am a student. My actual bike is an old road/city bike Wich I inherited from my grandpa, and I am very attached to this bike. I was thinking I could maybe strip it apart and build it back up with new components keeping the frame, but I don't really know what to look for, my dream would be to install carbon wheels, but they are pretty expensive.

I am very crafty and that is why i would find it interesting to build this bike from scratch again, and I was wondering if it was possible to install disk brakes on an older bike, will it be safe to ride if I weld custom brackets on the bike to support the disk brakes since the frame wasn't build to function with disk brakes, and also do you have recommendations for good quality parts that are pretty light and that I could find second hand, or just cheaper options for the whole groupset and wheels.

I made a simulation using chatgpt to see what it could potentially look like in the end but the parts I provided him to make this are out of my budget. Would it be a good idea in your opinion and what parts should I be looking for?

Hey, so I have been wanting to get into cycling and buy or build a pretty good bike for the cheapest (I am a student). So I have been looking on second hand websites and stumbled across a kit including gir's gmax frame from 2012 (I don't know if it is a big deal that it is old), a Ritchey monocurve, a SRAM force 172.5 BB30, Rotor 53/39 and a dura ace chain.

The frame is my size and the whole pack is 500 euros. Is it interesting for me or not so much? I don't know a lot about carbon bikes but I have heard that they can crack invisiblely when taking an impact and break at a random moment, is this possible or is it bs?

Thanks!