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Originally Posted by
4Rings6Stars
You know this is a bike we are talking about here, not a person, right? You seem so emotionally attached to the (non)originality of a mid-level 80's Trek that somebody else is interested in purchasing that it seems to be blinding you a bit. I will agree that this bike is overpriced, but your comments just made me laugh. With the exception of the RD (which isn't that bad), everything done to that bike was an upgrade, including the tires (even though they are kind of ugly). Looks like it didn't fit the previous owner and he might not have been the best mechanic, but that is no reason not to "trust" the bike...it's a simple machine. Go over it after you purchase it and you'll be fine. It's not some old German sports car that you have to worry about the previous owner messing with the electrical system or something.
Sorry for my own rant, I don't mean to offend anybody. I have been up studying too late and need to get some sleep...
I got a little carried away, admitted, but I'm standing by the part where now that the components have been swapped around, it's worth only the sum of its parts, or what a generic midlevel bike of the era can pull in. Or about $225.
Vintage treks, especially the touring ones, bring in a premium. All I meant to say was that the 'vintage touring trek' premium (which the seller is banking on with his pricing) had been largely lost because of the component changes and the part that it doesn't have cantis.