1979 Trek Lighthouse
02-05-20 | 01:08 PM
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That looks like a 510 with some nice components and a lighthouse.
Perhaps the previous owner had a lighthouse fetish?
Perhaps the previous owner thought that if a lighthouse safeguarded ships, why not bikes?
Who the heck knows but this is weird.
This sucker is brazed to the frame right?
We need a thread for really weird mods to a bike like this.
Perhaps the previous owner had a lighthouse fetish?
Perhaps the previous owner thought that if a lighthouse safeguarded ships, why not bikes?
Who the heck knows but this is weird.
This sucker is brazed to the frame right?
We need a thread for really weird mods to a bike like this.
02-05-20 | 01:09 PM
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I could see those birds making a big gash on my clumsy thighs!
02-05-20 | 01:22 PM
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I had never heard of a Trek light house, so I was intrigued when I opened the thread. Then, I thought that that lighthouse was on the wall. Now I see that it is actually welded to the frame!
That bike has some nice upgrades to it. Is that a TA crankset. I hadn't seen Matthouser (sp?) brake pads in a long time too. And it has Suntour bar con shifters.
That bike has some nice upgrades to it. Is that a TA crankset. I hadn't seen Matthouser (sp?) brake pads in a long time too. And it has Suntour bar con shifters.
02-05-20 | 01:28 PM
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I had never heard of a Trek light house, so I was intrigued when I opened the thread. Then, I thought that that lighthouse was on the wall. Now I see that it is actually welded to the frame!
That bike has some nice upgrades to it. Is that a TA crankset. I hadn't seen Matthouser (sp?) brake pads in a long time too. And it has Suntour bar con shifters.
That bike has some nice upgrades to it. Is that a TA crankset. I hadn't seen Matthouser (sp?) brake pads in a long time too. And it has Suntour bar con shifters.
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02-05-20 | 02:21 PM
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Now it's more laterally stiff and vertically compliant.
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02-05-20 | 05:01 PM
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Looks like the lighthouse could be removed with some judicious hacksawing, filing, sanding and touch-up paint and then you'd be back in darkness again.
Speaking of weird mods, I knew a guy who drilled a hole down through the top tube of a Serotta Titanium SuperTourer right in front of the seat tube so he could glue in a brass wood screw to act as a pump peg. That's not the weirdest bike thing he did.
Speaking of weird mods, I knew a guy who drilled a hole down through the top tube of a Serotta Titanium SuperTourer right in front of the seat tube so he could glue in a brass wood screw to act as a pump peg. That's not the weirdest bike thing he did.
