Originally Posted by Lt.Gustl
the trek as I said is debadged and the kid painted his name with house paint on the TT, the SN0888** means it's an 87 acording to vintage trek and it's a midrange model because of the 501 tubing, the seat post measures 51.5cm c-c and 53cm c-top I don't know how they sized their bikes, the TT is 52cm and the chainstay length is 43cm from the BB center to the rear axle with a 100cm wb if that is any indicator of what model it may be, it's got suntour parts and is pretty good shape, too bad it is too small,
I would say with that s/n it's probably a '83 instead of '87. That year the S/N started at 04**** and ended at 113*** My '86 Trek 520 has a S/N starting at 22****. Nice find.
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