Going on a Paramount Hunt
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 188
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From: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Bikes: 1987 Eisentraut Rainbow Trout, 1970? Coppi, 1986 TREK 500 Tri Series, 196? Legnano Super Sport, 1993 Klein Rascal
Siu, Have fun with the Trek 460. Great to have another local C&V Trek owner around in the Bay Area. A road bike will give you a different perspective being on two wheels. Hopefully you'll like it vs. the MTB world.
I've got a vintage 1986 Trek 500 Tri Series bike I picked up this past summer in the Pewter/Black color scheme that was like new with original components, Reynolds 531 tubing with silver brazed lugs. It had a Touring bag on the handlebars, a mirror attached to the left brake grip and a rear rack when I found it. Hard to imagine why someone turned that little racing bike into a commuting/touring machine. Oh, the stories the C&V bikes could tell! What condition is the 460 in? Hoping Michigander kept it out of the snow and that it arrives in good shape. Nice looking bike from what is posted at the VintageTrek site.
I picked up lots of extra handlebar wrap and new Panaracer Stradius 700x23 tires (only paid $5 each for them!) at the SF Veloswap so if you need anything to get going for minimal cost let me know. I'll never use it all and it's headed for ebay otherwise. You can have what you need for what I paid for it. Have fun with it and make sure to post some pics when you get it.
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1987 Eisentraut Rainbow Trout
1986 Trek 500 TRI SERIES
1993 Klein Rascal
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