I know. But I traded my steel wall hanger (and another bike) for this one. Maybe... not a good deal... but I wanted this bike. I have a home office where I entertain my hobbies and I like having a bike on the wall.

My daily rider is a modern Trek (also white). And... I have a modern back-up bike as well. My wife's bike is in the garage as too... and three is all I have room for in the garage. So.... the 1400 goes to the shed... or the office wall.

I know.... I need a better "bicycle management plan" (LOL). But for now... I buy, fix, enjoy, and sell.

I don't see how I possibly missed this- but I did.

You did a great job of this- This would be the only year of the 720 that you would have been able to do this.

For whatever reason, I just imagine a 650B being tiny on a bike designed for 27" wheels- looking at yours, while it might be the fenders playing tricks, the wheel size looks it fits really well in the fork and the brake bridge.

Great job!

Thanks. I checked the Vintage Trek site and I think this model came with 700s if you purchased it as a built bicycle, which is rare for a touring bike of that vintage.

A more recent pic of my 1981 - 715

Yeah. I payed more for the bar bag than I did for the frame.

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OC, OR

Apparently the only year it came with 700c wheels and the nifty brazed on centerpulls.

Do you know if this one came as a 720 (frame & fork), or a 728 (built up bike)?


I didn't know any 720/728 bikes came with 700c wheels!

1984 - 620 as it is today

Our 83/700 is a family favorite. Great geometry.
Very nicely done.

1986 Elance 310 given to me by a neighbor. It was a total basket case. The cranks and bottom bracket were the only usable parts on it, everything else was completely shot.

Built up with the following parts:
Mavic Open Pro 32 spoke 700C rims with DT Swiss spokes and Shimano 105 (5800) hubs - from Velomine
Complete Shimano 105 (5800) 11 speed groupset and Ultegra Hollowtech II bottom bracket - from Pro Bike Kit
Panaracer Pasela PT 28mm tires - from Bike Tires Direct
Tektro 539 dual pivot caliper brakes - from Amazon
Original frame and fork
Original Tange headset
Original bars and stem, with Planet Bike gel cork tape
Used KKT touring pedals
Parts bin seatpost, since replaced after the pictures were taken
"prostate friendly" Avenir seat


http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psjmylu6gg.jpg


Seat tube, with a large amount of paint melted off:
(read several rants about seatpost removal that explain the missing paint)

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psmkkxbz6h.jpg

More patina:
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psuk6anoyx.jpg


I didn't want the decals to feel left out, so I ruined them too:
http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/...psmxmvmu3a.jpg



So much smoother and more responsive than the '84 Centurion it replaced.

I've also added a frame pump, water bottle cages, and a Cateye since these pictures were taken.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...&1433279890952

I'm new at this and just copied a link from photobucket.

Anyway, pretty much original 910. Saddle, pedals, bar tape, and hoods are new(er). I do have the original saddle and pedals.
I hope to add to my Trek "collection"; looking at a 1982 614 Thursday.

Thanks for looking.

In case anyone cares the other photo is a scratch series stout at Troegs Brewery.

^^^ very nice!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psdtmt9nmr.jpg

Thank you! I've had this bike for a little over 4 years and love it.

As good as it gets. Great details all around.

It came to me as a Frameset. I didn't ask the seller that question. Sorry.


Thanks @jpaschall

@The Golden Boy I think I remember reading somewhere that the '82 72x's did indeed come with 700c wheels, and that Trek mysteriously went back to 27" for the next two years or so.

I know Skip at Vintage Trek has a pretty accurate count of how many total frames were made, but I wonder how many of the 82 720s were sold as built 728s.

The 82 720/728 were the only one that came with 700C wheels and without cantilever brakes. Which pretty much means they're the only one that would work right for a 650B conversion. And you did a beautiful job.

As far as switching back to 27" wheels... it very well could be that Trek was a couple of years ahead of their time. I can imagine "old school" touring guys not wanting to reinvest in tires (???) or not wanting to do stuff like them foreigners on their non-inch-measured wheels. Everyone else was doing 27s on their tourers, so Trek went along. The big argument I read of is that a hardware store in bum**** Iowa is going to have a 27" tire, but not a 700C. Not so much the case nowadays. Wasn't Miyata the first one to start using 700C on their touring bikes?

What was there for 28/32/35/37 mm tires back then?

Just guessing...

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psvmaafdzs.jpg


Just got this 614 on Thursday. Seems stock except the wheels, which are Weinmann and say "made in Belgium"; and the freewheel is a 5 speed instead of 6 speed as Vintage Trek states.

The 614 is the red one. I'm new to Photobucket and don't know how to properly upload the photos here, sorry about that.

FOTBF0_zpsbvey3mfg.jpg Photo by pemetic2006 | Photobucket

Another one of the Trek 614.
I'm not very savvy, but it has taken me an hour to figure out how to download the photos to Photobucket then get them here. Very frustrating. Oh well.

Use the Image link, nice bike...
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psvmaafdzs.jpg

Thank you, and thanks for the advice. I will give it a shot.

When you're looking at the picture on Photobucket- on the right side, click on the text next to the IMG letters. It'll turn yellow and say "copied" you can then just paste that in the text field here.

By the way- that's a great pair of beautiful bikes! I love the finned Mathauser brake shoes. They are "class." :thumb:

Thanks! And thanks for the Photobucket advice and the info on the brake shoes - I wondered about them. I'm going to do some research as I am not familiar.

The deal with the Scott/Mathauser brakes is that "back in the day" the Scott/Mathauser formula for brake pads was leagues better than any other brake pad. They had a few different styles of brake shoes- these were the "top of the line" for the threaded post shoes (there was another style [black aluminum] of threaded finned shoe)- and there were two different style of finned cantilever brake shoes.

That formula has been licensed to Kool Stop and has been in production for years as the Kool Stop salmon pad compound.

1988 560 that I just fixed up for a friend.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ls...M=w853-h639-no