Originally Posted by
Bruce Enns
Do you still have that Trek 500 frame I sold you last year (I think it was you)? I'd like to see photo's of it built up again.
Cheers
Bruce, it was me for sure. I built it up using all Shimano 600 Tricolor components--yellow cable housing too--and a really nifty set of Mavic Open Pro wheels as a gift for my son in Boulder and my son-in-law hauled it out there as he was passing through. Of course my son, who is four inches taller than me thought that frame was 'just too big', so I brought it back and happily rode it myself most of the spring and summer.
Sadly I never took any pictures of it and I just sold it last weekend to a young guy who begged me to convert it to single-speed for him: a really nice set of Trek Matrix aero wheels, Salsa straight bar with Oury grips and brand-new Shimano levers and the 600 cranks and brakes. If you could have seen his face when he got back to my house after his first ride, you would take the same comfort I did in knowing it went to a loving home. The Sakae cranks you sent with it and the chain just went on a Lotus Legend I got from ilikebikes, so all's right in the world.