Originally Posted by fender1
Treks do not seem to be real popular w/ the fixed gear crowd in my experience. I have sold a few on e-bay and on CL and the fixed people contact you but always seem to pass due to things like frame geomerty and tire clearance (Too much for a sleek track bike look!) The folks that have puchased from me all seem to either be riding as is or adding fenders/rack and other commuting specific hardware. Let us hope this trend continues! I ride a 1978 Trek to work and back each day and love it! Also since they are not particularlly popular they still can be sourced relativelty cheap. Case and point I recently pickup a 1981 60 cm 710 531 frame and fork w/ a complete shimano 600 group. $26! I am going keep this one!
I agree with you, but I remember an anomaly back in May (because I was one of the bidders). There was a mid-80s 660 fixed conversion that ended up going for more than $500. But the seller had done a really nice job of restoring and repainting the frame, overhauled the headset and BB, and put on some decent wheels. And did a very nice job of documenting it with very detailed photos.