….. found its way to my house today. Looks to be a 1990, the year Trek tried to cheap out by passing off one frame as two different models.

That’s right, the infamous Multitrack 750/Touring 520 ole switcheroo. Slap some gear lever mounts on the downtube and hey presto! A touring bike!

Don’t want a touring bike? We’ll put cable housing stops in place of the gear lever mounts and call it a hybrid….

I jest, I jest. Lots o’ folks round here hold both the 520 and the 750 in high regard and I can see why. It looks to be a nice, versatile frame that can be set up to do most anything. Even if that anything includes having one of those stupid gas engine kits bolted onto it with a 26” mountain bike rear wheel and the back brakes removed entirely because they don’t line up.
Thank heaven I came along to rescue this poor orphan from a miserable petrol fuelled demise at the hands of John Q. Dumba$$.

So what did I get? Here’s a pic to start off:



Not so bad. I’ll spare you the carnage of the gas engine kit because it’s just too horrifying. Missing a shifter, handlebars, front derailleur, and a few other bits. So really, let’s say approximately half of a Trek 520 found its way to my house today.

More to come!