Originally Posted by
drisee
@scozim What a great pick up that was to find it sleeping somewhere in a garage. One more question that i have that i believe you eluded to earlier is about the fork on it. Of course your 87' has the braze-ons but from what i can tell not all Trek 800s came with braze-ons for the front fork. Do you know what the deal is with that?
From what I've been able to tell it was a pretty narrow window - like maybe 1986 and 1987, possibly 1988. You can definitely see the mid-fork braze on in the 1986 catalog photos. In 1984 and 1985 they're not there. 1988 lists front rack mounts in the specifications but it's not clear if those are just the eyelets that are being referred to. I've looked other mtb's since I bought this one 18 months ago and it is definitely a tough search to find the double eyelets and low rider braze on.