My plans to ride cyclocross this winter died with a running injury with prognosis of no further running. I have a nearly pristine Redline XC bike built up with Campy Daytona. It has no wheels dedicated to it, so selling it might be tough unless I buy a set of wheels for it.
I plan to get a pair of 700c aero wheels (probably Zipp 404s) for my road bike anyway, so I am wondering about jury rigging the Redline frame into a dedicated TT bike. I could do it cheap (reverse seatpost, clip on bars = $200 or less), I could do it expensive (seatpost, aerobars, bar-end shifters, brake levers, brake calipers, road or aero fork = $800 or so), and I could do it somewhere in between. But I am wondering whether it's worth doing it at all. The frame is hardly aero, the rear seat stays bow out, it has v-brake braze ons, etc.
A very nice TT frame (Cervelo P2K, Felt TT, etc.) and fork can be had in the $1000-1300 range. I could build it up with the Daytona group from the Redline, but would still have to buy aerobars or clip-ons, etc. Final cost would be double the expensive route of XC conversion, probably 41500-1600 (Remember I am already getting Zipps, so I am not counting that expense).
Money is always an issue, as is the possible "waste" of a good XC frame by trying to make it into something it shouldn't be.
Assuming I am not rich as Croesus, what would you do and why?😕