Ah yes, the lobotomy project. Been a while, hasn’t it, friends?
An explanation is perhaps due ((overdue?). Weather in northern Utah is notoriously fickle. A popular saying around here goes something like this: “If you don’t like the weather, just wait 5 minutes”. My own interests are also notoriously fickle as well. So - weather sidetracked me, and combined with my overall disdain for low level Treks and spending money on said Treks, I put this one on the back burner and conveniently forgot about it while it sat neglected in the basement.
I know, I know… I already had a sweet component group and wheels (Deore LX) earmarked for this build but somehow they felt too nice. The LX stands for Luxury, after all, and this bike ain’t luxurious by any stretch of the imagination.
So a week ago I stumbled upon (more like drove an hour one way for) an interesting old Mt. Shasta mountain bike that was kitted out in Shimano Mountain LX - a pleasant, if uninspiring, mid level group set. And it was almost complete, only featuring a mismatched front wheel and a broken cover off the rear thumbshifters. I bet you can guess where this is going, can’t you?
Yep, the Shasta gets the cool Deore LX, and the Lobotomy Trek gets the Mountain LX, a perfect pairing. Like cheese and crackers, Tom and Jerry, or peanut butter and carrots!
And the old Trek came back out of the basement to have its new, more appropriate clothing tailored to fit:
Now would be a good time to check stand over height; see if I can even straddle the dang thing.
It’s close but manageable so long as I never dismount anywhere other than perfectly flat, level ground! Call it “French fit”, maybe?
I’ve not cabled it up yet, I haven’t decided on a bar other than that it must be cheap, comfortable, and not flat. Maybe some kind of a swept back bar, or better yet, some hideous but very functional butterfly bars. Or even those old Scott triathlon bars for mountain bikes that were so popular back in the late 80’s, early 90’s. That would keep this thing from getting too proud….