My first 'commuter' bike. I've been commuting mostly by mountain bike..and lately been switching off to my newly acquired road bike(when the weather permits). My ideal bike would have disc brakes, but my Wife won't let me spend any real money on another bike at this time.

I found this on CL for $60. It is a 93 720 Multitrack. I bought it from the original owner. It looked like it has been sitting in a shed since new(grease and dirt coated with very little wear on anything). I changed out the seat, stem, bars,shifters and brakes because I wanted to run flat bars and get rid of the grip shifters. I found some $15 Michelins(another CL find) to replace the dried out original Trek/Cheng shin tires. All of the other parts I had lying around, so my total monetary investment is $75.

I gave it a quick tune and cleaned it up. The spokes on the wheels were all rusty, so I have more time in the wheels, than on anything else. I found that 2 different grades of steel wool along with some metal polish works the best for this project(I hate cleaning spokes). I still have more spoke cleaning to do(all bikes should come with stainless spokes). All of the drive-train feels as good as new. I don't think this bike has very many miles on it.

I understand that this is just a mediocre frame with a low grade Shimano group(Altus A20), but for what I need and can afford, it will suffice. I've put about 125 miles on it since I picked it up last weekend, and it feels pretty good. It is definitely faster on the road than my MTB. I would like to get a stem that moves the bars forward a little more, but that's a minor issue. It came with a rack, but I took it off to clean up, and haven't decided whether to run with it or not... yet. I will get some fenders for it soon, and mount a light.

I've browsed through the pics on this thread, and there are some very ...very nice bikes. Someday I'll upgrade to more modern technology, but for now, my wife is happy that I didn't break the bank, but still got myself something to trek to work on.

Here are some before and after photos.