Decent price for a beater?
07-13-07, 04:16 PM
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Decent price for a beater?
My LBS has an old Trek 1100 for $200. The guy didn't know much about it but it looked pretty clean, no dents or anything. About all it would need is new tape. It had Suntour Edge 7-speed components which I'd never heard of.
He didn't know what year it was but it looks pretty much identical to this bike which is a 1990 model according to it's homepage.
Does that seem like a decent deal? Also is there any reason a more modern drivetrain wouldn't work on a bike like this?
He didn't know what year it was but it looks pretty much identical to this bike which is a 1990 model according to it's homepage.
Does that seem like a decent deal? Also is there any reason a more modern drivetrain wouldn't work on a bike like this?
07-13-07, 06:13 PM
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I've got an 88 TREK 1000 frame with 8 sp sora parts, and it is pretty decent. $200 would seem fair if functional.
07-13-07, 07:49 PM
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Interesting bars on that bike. They are "pinging" something in my brain that hasn't quite made it to the surface.
07-13-07, 10:19 PM
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The bars are Scott Drop-In's. I remember a promo pic of Armstrong on Motorola in '93 with those funky bars...
