Saw this 1991 Trek 830 frameset on eBay a few hours before the auction was to end, it was priced way too high but it was my size and local so I contacted the guy outside eBay, made a low ball offer and told him I'd pick it up. It didn't sell, no surprise, and he contacted me a couple hours after the auction ended and accepted my offer. I needed it like I need a hole in the head but the price was right and it's my size.



Got there today and he pulls out a box of parts and 2 wheels, most of the original parts, and tells me I might as well take them too. All Shimano Exage components including the hubs, rims are Araya. The springs are gone out of the brake arms and no bolts but the wheels, derailleurs, shifters and brake levers are in very good condition. When it was stripped they just cut the cables otherwise I would have put it all back together with some other brake arms and tried to take it for a ride today.



Not sure what I'll do with it just yet, most likely build it to replace my current "beater". It is definitely getting a repaint though, you can't tell from the pics but it is scratched all over and I cannot stand the color and I actually like yellow! Just not THIS yellow. Time will tell, I have 3 builds ahead of it, I have plenty of time to plan it out.