Hi-

I'm hoping that you bike historians out there can help me. I recently bought a 1983 Trek 730, beautiful maroon color with grey seatpost sticker and grey head tube, off of Craigslist. There's no model 730 in the 1983 Trek catalog, but the bike's serial number is 090597, which, according to vintage-trek.com, makes it a 1983 730. According to vintage-trek.com, there were only 50 model 730 bikes made that year, 25 of them 24 inch, and 25 were 22.5 inch. Mine's a 24 inch.

It's got Campy hubs, Suntour cyclone m-II front and rear derailleurs, Suntour shift levers, Aerox cranks, Gran-compe NGC 500 brakes, Shimano PD-TT00 pedals, Sakae Road Champion bars, GC (I'm assuming this is for Gran-compe) brake levers, a Tange headset, and the frame is complete Reynolds 531c (all three main tubes, stays, and fork). And it's in quite good condition. I can't find any scratches or dings on the paint, which still has it's original metallic shine, although in two places the stickers are a bit ripped. The tires, chain, bar tape, and brake hoods all need to be replaced, but other than that it looks to be in very good condition. I'm assuming that everything is original. Oh, but the seat is a very uncomfortable plastic one, I don't know if that'd be the original or not.

Can anybody tell me why there were so few 1983 730s made, and any other information that might be relevant? I'd really like to know more about it. I'm also interested in how much it's worth. Thanks so much.

-Jonathan

EDIT: Upon a closer look in better light, there are some scuffs on the paint, and one or two very small nicks that have a bit of rust in them, but overall I'd still say it's in great shape for a 24-year-old bike.