Classic & Vintage - Does anyone know what this trek might be?

I am thinking of buying this bike on my Vacation to Hawaii and bringing it home on the plane. Does anyone know what model it is and if it will be worth bringing home? For $75 bucks I might just enjoy it for a week and leave it, but it looks like it could be a good fixed gear conversion. It might be just a little tall for me as 54cm is about my upper limit, so there's that to consider too.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/Kemmer/trek2.jpg

Are you sure that is a Trek? I didn't know they had a model with stem shifters.

Get the Serial number off the bottom of the bottom bracket shell then look it up on Vintagetrek.com. Please write back and let us know what it is.

stem shifters, brake lever extensions, I don't think that bike is a trek.
Concur with Mariner fan, get the serial number and check on vintage trek site.

definately not worth bringing home.

I just called her, she won't be able to get the serial # for a couple of days. She says the old guy she got it from told her it was a Trek, but he could have been wrong/lying. I think I can get $75 worth of use out of it in a week whatever it is. Bonus if I can bring it home.

I don't know what carrier you are using but taking a bike on a plane can cost you up to 80 bucks one way.

Trek or not (and I'm willing to bet not), it isn't worth it.

Chances are the aluminum posts are nicely stuck in there too, particulary from the sea air.

-Kurt

Looks more like a Univega to me; maybe a Viva Sport...

Trek or not (and I'm willing to bet not), it isn't worth it.

Chances are the aluminum posts are nicely stuck in there too, particulary from the sea air.

-Kurt


I didn't think of that, I'll have her make sure the bars and the seat post will come out. She brought the bike with her when she moved there, it hasn't been in HI its whole life.

I was going to put the frame in one box, the wheels in another, put all the parts I want that won't fit in those boxes in my wifes suitcase and carry on my stuff. Simple enough, right?

Looks more like a Univega to me; maybe a Viva Sport...
Mmm...don't think it is a Viva Sport with stem shifters. Mine is stock with downtube shifters.:rolleyes:

I didn't think of that, I'll have her make sure the bars and the seat post will come out. She brought the bike with her when she moved there, it hasn't been in HI its whole life.

I was going to put the frame in one box, the wheels in another, put all the parts I want that won't fit in those boxes in my wifes suitcase and carry on my stuff. Simple enough, right?

Stuck posts or no stuck posts - $75 is already quite a bit for a gas pipe, Bike Boom machine in need of work - you can get similar for $25 in the 48.

Add to the $75 the effort required to lug it back to the States, and the packing required to succesfully retain the frame in one piece.

-Kurt

Mmm...don't think it is a Viva Sport with stem shifters. Mine is stock with downtube shifters.:rolleyes:

yeah - I'm looking at a Viva Sport in my garage right now.... DT shifters