Need Bontrager info please!
12-21-16, 03:57 PM
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Need Bontrager info please!
Hey y'all just wondering what year this bike is and how much it could be worth. Any additional information would be great! Thank you
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12-21-16, 05:00 PM
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Need info on my Bontrager please!
Hey guys,
I got my Bontrager bike from a friend and would like some knowledge from the community here ��
From looking up the model I think it's year is 1996 race lite. Any info would be great thanks!
I got my Bontrager bike from a friend and would like some knowledge from the community here ��
From looking up the model I think it's year is 1996 race lite. Any info would be great thanks!
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12-21-16, 09:29 PM
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edit: Learned more about imgur.
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1997 by the fork graphics.
Bikepedia confirms this. Full specs: 1997 Bontrager Race Lite - BikePedia
Bikepedia confirms this. Full specs: 1997 Bontrager Race Lite - BikePedia
12-22-16, 03:03 PM
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Really, $2300 new? 
1997 by the fork graphics.
Bikepedia confirms this. Full specs: 1997 Bontrager Race Lite - BikePedia
Bikepedia confirms this. Full specs: 1997 Bontrager Race Lite - BikePedia
12-22-16, 04:39 PM
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Yeah, pretty pricey, but it was their top-end steel frame. Catalog link if you wanna read about it: https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekatal...trager1997.pdf
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Yes, that was his flagship bike. You can't see in the pics, but this frame is replete with small, carefully placed gussets that finetuned the bike. He is one of the real innovators in the industry. https://i724.photobucket.com/albums/w...ubegussets.jpg
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So is this before he joined Trek and a "grail" sort of find, value being subjective as always?
Yeah, pretty pricey, but it was their top-end steel frame. Catalog link if you wanna read about it: https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekatal...trager1997.pdf
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This is post Trek buyout but still likely came from the Bontrager shop
So it's a bit of a special bike-- how special? Probably 5 or 600 bucks to the right guy who remembers the real Keith Bontrager--- about what I'd expect to pay for a Trek era Klein,
But about half what a pre Trek example might be worth
So it's a bit of a special bike-- how special? Probably 5 or 600 bucks to the right guy who remembers the real Keith Bontrager--- about what I'd expect to pay for a Trek era Klein,
But about half what a pre Trek example might be worth
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Something going on with the black paint at the seat tube and seat post? Looks like paint part way up the seat post.
Funny to see a high end, 20 year old MTB like that with the reflectors still on.
Funny to see a high end, 20 year old MTB like that with the reflectors still on.
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Yeah, pretty pricey, but it was their top-end steel frame. Catalog link if you wanna read about it: https://www.mtb-kataloge.de/Bikekatal...trager1997.pdf
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This is post Trek buyout but still likely came from the Bontrager shop
So it's a bit of a special bike-- how special? Probably 5 or 600 bucks to the right guy who remembers the real Keith Bontrager--- about what I'd expect to pay for a Trek era Klein,
But about half what a pre Trek example might be worth
So it's a bit of a special bike-- how special? Probably 5 or 600 bucks to the right guy who remembers the real Keith Bontrager--- about what I'd expect to pay for a Trek era Klein,
But about half what a pre Trek example might be worth
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Looks like some kind of a sleeve to me or the top of the seatube with a reinforcement of some kind which would not be surprising given Keith's attention to details, same as in the catalog pics.
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