Drummerboy1975

Can anyone tell me a bit about these bikes? I have a chance at one but don't know if it's worth my time ya know?

jsdavis

The 930 is a mountain bike made from butted cromoly and it was Trek's entry level enthusiast bike I guess. IIRC they were STX or STX-RC equipped which is equivalent to the current Deore components. They were available with front suspension sometime in the mid to late 90s. Before that, the fork is rigid.

I think the 8xx bikes are hi-ten steel, possibly cromoly, and they were the recreation level bikes.

KShep

I love the lugged cromoly frame on my 970...should be the same frame on the 930. Very smooth ride especially with Big Apple tires. If there's no rust or apparent frame damage it should serve you well.




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Drummerboy1975

This one is the green to purple dull fade and is very light weight.

LesterOfPuppets

9xx are definitely sweet rides, not officially hybrids, but can be hybridized. Sounds like you're probably looking at a 1994 930.

justfitme

I used one as a hybrid for about 3 years, after it was retired as my primary MTB.
Very comfortable frame and relatively light - mine was less 26 lbs.
I used it even as a road bike for night rides doing 32 km/h average.

Great bike, the frame will last forever. Sold it last year for very close number I paid for it in 1999.

sedges

The early 90s 820 through 9XX are fine rides. Usually 48/38/28 chrainrings and 12-28 cassette. Closer to touring gears than road or mtn. I put 26X1.5 Kenda Quest 100lb pressure tires and it rolls nicely on the pavement, but will still do the gravel/dirt roads in the neighborhood. My old 820 still has the original 1992 200GS shifters and they work flawlessly. This was a low end bike, but it sure has lasted well with many maybe 15,000 miles on it!

If it shifts well, isn't rusty and fits you well I would recommend it.

trayraynor

I've got a Trek 950 Singletrack and ran 1.5 Michelin City tires on it and it rolled very nicely. I recently moved the 26-inch Mavic Wheelset over to my fully restored '92 Ellison tandem... for a very smooth ride now I'm wondering what to do with the Trek? I've got a spare 700c wheel set collecting dust and I've been eyeing this little conversion for a while.

Does anyone have experience creating such a FrankenBike, e.g. Trek 950 MTB - running 700c wheels? I know that I'll need to run some road canti brakes... perhaps bolting them to the front fork using the hole that formerly held the front reflector. Any advice from someone who's been there is welcome.

bobbyl1966

Trek 930 singletrack is better than trek 830 antelope or not? How many pounds is weight the trek 930 singletrack

LesterOfPuppets

Yes.

The 1995 Trek 930 is 26.1 pounds and The 830 is 30.8, according to bikepedia.

Their weights were closer in 1993.

LesterOfPuppets

I've done it on a few bikes. Gotta get nutted road calipers, unless you wanna drill out the back fork hole and the front brake bridge hole. I've drilled out a couple of forks for recessed brake bolts, cuz they're easy. Never done a brake bridge though.

BB seems a little high even with 25mm tires. I usually like 28mm tires, so it's even a little higher.