Originally Posted by
bcpriess
I just picked up a cheap Trek 830 in a pretty tall frame.
Do you know what model year it is? There's a '97 20" 830 in the gloss yellow on my local Craigslist for $85 I've been thinking about (though I'd rather be at about $60 on it). We snagged a free '97 13" 850 in the flat ink blue for our daughter a number of weeks ago, and that was a great project. It had the full Alivio group on it, though I replaced the shifters and brake levers with a combined Shimano EF51 and put Avid Single Digit 5 linear pull brakes on it. Great little setup.