Originally Posted by exmechanic89

Sorry for the bad, quick phone pic, but I picked up this '91 Trek 950 for $65 today on CL. It's clearly had a hard life, many scratches and scrapes on the frame and parts, mechanically it works well though. I threw a set of tires on it from another bike for the time being, as the ones it came with were in bad shape.

I also gave it a mini tune-up on my bike stand and it shifts almost flawlessly. The wheels are very close to perfectly true surprisingly, and I'll make them even better tomorrow. All that aside though, it rides beautifully. The lugged frame is very responsive and has a nice firmness to it. I'm planning on taking it on a 25 mile ride tomorrow morning to really get a feel for it.

Ultimately I'm hoping to get it really cleaned up and hopefully it'll look a bit less 'used'. Really wondering what I can do about it's many scrapes and scratches, touch up paint maybe? I'm open to suggestions.