fadetoblack6902

This may qualify for a find of the day. I found a 1982 trek 614 for $10!! It is immaculate condition. I can find maybe 4 or 5 very small paint blemishes. There is no wear or dirt on the drivetrain. Reynolds 531 tubing (the label was there enough to read, but it fell right off). componentry is exactly as the bike in this link.

https://www.vintage-trek.com/images/trek/Trek3pg6.jpg

Here's a link to pics
https://beta.propichosting.com/Album....lder=450017303

How much do you think this is worth on craigslist or ebay?
Thanks in advance

TBART

Very nice bike!

Lambo

Tell you what, if it's a 60cm, sell it to me,
I'll quadruple your money.

Little Darwin

Nice looking bike...

However, for me, it is worthless in such a small size. Now if it were a 56 cm (22") it would be worth about $100 to me.

Depending on where you are at, I wouldn't be surprised if you found someone willing to pay $200 for it... maybe more.

Please promise to not sell it to someone who wants to turn it into YAFBC (Yet Another Fixed Bike Conversion).

infinityeye

I'd pay 40 dollars max

fender1

I just sold a 56cm Trek 613,1982, 531 frame,red in good shape on ebay. Final auction price $303.00. As most people know lots of high res pics, honest detailed description and a well written ad help bring more money. Whenever I list on e-bay I try to view my listing as if I were a potential buyer. It helps me focus on putting toghether a solid listing. Good luck

fadetoblack6902

It's looking like ebay may be the way to go with this one. What size was yours? Mine is a 50 cm, maybe a little small for alot of people. As of now, I have an offer for $150 but I think I can do better.

fadetoblack6902

never mind, I saw that it was a 56 cm

fender1

Treks do not seem to be real popular w/ the fixed gear crowd in my experience. I have sold a few on e-bay and on CL and the fixed people contact you but always seem to pass due to things like frame geomerty and tire clearance (Too much for a sleek track bike look!) The folks that have puchased from me all seem to either be riding as is or adding fenders/rack and other commuting specific hardware. Let us hope this trend continues! I ride a 1978 Trek to work and back each day and love it! Also since they are not particularlly popular they still can be sourced relativelty cheap. Case and point I recently pickup a 1981 60 cm 710 531 frame and fork w/ a complete shimano 600 group. $26! I am going keep this one!

fender1

Don't think that the size will be that much of an issue. I have a fuji touring bike listed right now with 5 days to go it has 39 people watching w/ two bids. It is a a 20 inch frame. There are plenty of people who need smaller bikes. Again take you time and research well before listing and write the description in such a way as to entice yourself to buy! If you just list facts and create no sense of the "benefits of ownership" you will get less money in my experience. YMMV.

kemmer

Very true, I'm the market for a 50cm to 52cm frame myself. I went to a garage sale a couple weeks ago hoping to pick up a Bianchi that was advertised. I tried to get her to sell it to me earlier in the week, but she wanted to sell it at the garage sale. I showed up at about 7:50am only to find 4 other people waiting for the bike. We had to play rock/paper/scissors to decide who got the bike. I stuck with scissors when I should have switched to paper. Oh well maybe next time...

caloso

Earlier this year I picked up a 19 in. '86 Trek 660 frame for $40. No wheels or saddle and a partial Shimano Ultegra 600 group on it. Some nicks and surface rust but perfectly straight and true. I converted it into a fixie for awhile and it rode fine but it was just too small for me. This looks like the identical frame.

I won't tell you how much I would pay exactly for a 21in/54cm 600 series frame, but it is a heck of a lot more than $40.

caloso

I agree with you, but I remember an anomaly back in May (because I was one of the bidders). There was a mid-80s 660 fixed conversion that ended up going for more than $500. But the seller had done a really nice job of restoring and repainting the frame, overhauled the headset and BB, and put on some decent wheels. And did a very nice job of documenting it with very detailed photos.

tolfan

I sold a 614 a few weeks ago at yard sale price of $100 , it went quick with no hageling. Ebay I think 2 or 3 hundred is about right.

peripatetic

They're very popular with everyone here in NYC, but esp. with fixed gear converters. Thing about old Treks is that they were often bought by riders who rode the heck out of them. Here in the city, whenever you find one, it's a minimum of $150 and usually has a mish-mash of wheels and parts thrown on. As such, they serve as perfect fixed-gear conversions for people with light wallets looking for a reliable ride.

pinnah

This just kills me.

As another data point, I paid over $250 on eBay for my 1979 510 frame. Now, the frame was made with the slightley stiffer 022 tubing, which is nice to have in my 64cm size and the frame was in great shape. There was at least one other serious bidder too. It was worth every penny for me.

I owned a 600 series bike for nearly a decade and rode it cross country in the 80s. They were lovely bikes with a fantastic geometry. In terms of production, they are a tick lower on the scale that the older Treks or the 700 series. In general, the 600 series bikes used japanese built pre-assembled rear triangles made from Mangalloy which were joined to 531 main tubes in Madison. The early Treks and the 700 series bikes in the mid 80 (which were 531 or Columbus through out) were assembled entirely in Madison.

One of the really cool things about the 600 series bikes is the front end geometry. They used a HA = 73 and FO = 5.5 which produces a very low trail. Very much in line with the old French style. IMO, this produces a ride that can not be matched. Velo Orange has just brought out a custom frame with similar geometry for around $1500. If I were wanting to get top dollar for a 600, I would target those folks interested in low trail bikes.

fadetoblack6902

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a low trail bike exactly?