It's 7/20! Show Your Trek 720!!!
07-20-20, 03:05 PM
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It's 7/20! Show Your Trek 720!!!
There's always a new influx of new people and regulars that have acquired bikes- and people like me that are just ridiculously in love with their bikes!
Show your Trek 720!
Here's my 1985 Trek 720.
IMG_0616 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
IMG_2377 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
IMG_0220 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
IMG_1714 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
IMG_1715 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
720 6 14 20 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr
If there's anyone that hasn't put up with my nonsense about this bike- I've replaced most everything on it:
Brooks C17 Cambium
XC Pro seatpost
Nitto Technomic stem
Nitto B177 bars
Tektro TRP RRL brake levers
Suntour Command Shifters modified for Shimano 10 speed
Brooks Microfiber bar tape
Axiom mirror
Spooky straddle cable yoke
Suntour XC Pro brakes
Phil "Rivvy" front hub
Phil Cassette rear hub
Ultegra 10s cassette
Velocity Atlas rims
Compass Bon Jon Pass (35) tires
SKS Chromoplastic fenders
Sugino AT crankset 50-38-28
Dura Ace 7700 front derailleur
Dura Ace 7803 rear derailleur
Show your Trek 720!
Here's my 1985 Trek 720.
IMG_0616 by Dave The Golden Boy, on FlickrIMG_2377 by Dave The Golden Boy, on FlickrIMG_0220 by Dave The Golden Boy, on FlickrIMG_1714 by Dave The Golden Boy, on FlickrIMG_1715 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr720 6 14 20 by Dave The Golden Boy, on FlickrIf there's anyone that hasn't put up with my nonsense about this bike- I've replaced most everything on it:
Brooks C17 Cambium
XC Pro seatpost
Nitto Technomic stem
Nitto B177 bars
Tektro TRP RRL brake levers
Suntour Command Shifters modified for Shimano 10 speed
Brooks Microfiber bar tape
Axiom mirror
Spooky straddle cable yoke
Suntour XC Pro brakes
Phil "Rivvy" front hub
Phil Cassette rear hub
Ultegra 10s cassette
Velocity Atlas rims
Compass Bon Jon Pass (35) tires
SKS Chromoplastic fenders
Sugino AT crankset 50-38-28
Dura Ace 7700 front derailleur
Dura Ace 7803 rear derailleur
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07-20-20, 03:40 PM
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Dangit, looks like I’m a week and a half late to post my 710... 
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07-20-20, 07:02 PM
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This one just came back to me. Shamefully, I have never ridden it any distance.
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07-20-20, 10:40 PM
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Overloaded for 2day shake down to Long Beach from where bike was stolen so I never got chance to resolve annoying wobbles
As recovered some 15 months later thanks to bikeindex.com listing.
More or less current state after parts bin rebuild as general duty backup.
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07-20-20, 11:44 PM
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...pretty much original. If I rode it more often, I'd swap out the Helicomatic hubs and the rear derailleur.
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07-21-20, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by L134
Overloaded for 2day shake down to Long Beach from where bike was stolen so I never got chance to resolve annoying wobbles
As recovered some 15 months later thanks to bikeindex.com listing.
Did you ever get to kick that guy ankle deep in the nutz?
I'm so sorry for you, but I'm so glad you got the frame back.
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07-21-20, 04:36 PM
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Does a Multitrack step-thru count?
My wife's next ride, at the powder coater's...
My wife's next ride, at the powder coater's...
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07-21-20, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chr0m0ly
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Originally Posted by jonwvara
It's a relief to see that I'm not the only one here who likes to re-purpose cheap military surplus bags of one kind or another.
That 720 is at my in-laws, but the bags are currently gracing it’s little cousin, the 620. They exactly fit one 12 pack of Elysian assorted 🍻
07-22-20, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Chr0m0ly
That 720 is at my in-laws, but the bags are currently gracing it’s little cousin, the 620. They exactly fit one 12 pack of Elysian assorted 🍻
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Originally Posted by ctmullins
Dangit, looks like I’m a week and a half late to post my 710...
Is there a "Post your..." thread for May 31?
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07-22-20, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by madpogue
We should start a set of month-long threads, they could last all spring and summer, "Post your 300-series Trek" for March, and so forth.
Is there a "Post your..." thread for May 31?
Is there a "Post your..." thread for May 31?
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I can't wait for the "I got wrecked on my Trek 420" thread.
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Bump for all you 720 riders!!!
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Extra credit for shots with the moon in the background! (it's the anniversary of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk).
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Originally Posted by davester
Extra credit for shots with the moon in the background! (it's the anniversary of Neil Armstrong's moonwalk).
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
Meh. That is sooooo 1969 . . . .
07-20-22, 04:49 PM
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OMG!!! I totally forgot to bump this thread today!!!
Let's see some Trek 720 touring goodness!!!!
Let's see some Trek 720 touring goodness!!!!
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Oh man, now I can finally post something in here!
1982 720/728, 25.5", with basically a greatest hits of Shimano Dura-Ace. She is Queen of the Fleet, essentially a two-wheeled bullet train. I cannot emphasize enough what properly long wheelbase bikes (with good tires) do for tall riders, especially over crummy city streets. I am no faster on a road/race steel or aluminum bike (carbon, too, though technically untested)--heck I'm a hair slower on those--while being immensely more comfortable and less fatigued over the duration of the ride.
Specialites T.A. triplizer for the crankset (53/39/26), Tektro R737 brake calipers and R200 levers, very well-loved new-to-me Compass Bon Jon Pass 35s, 120mm Technomic stem (pretty recent addition), Noodle bars, Brooks synthetic bar tape, Prologo Scratch saddle.
I need to take more photos in different places, but I'm just here for the ride, and I still haven't gotten my phone's camera fixed (using a different camera here). Priorities, right? This bike is my absolute go-to. All the slow gears, all the fast gears, two bottle cages, and a nice place to put a frame pump that still allows me to shoulder the bike up and down all the stairs in my apartment (or anywhere else).
1982 720/728, 25.5", with basically a greatest hits of Shimano Dura-Ace. She is Queen of the Fleet, essentially a two-wheeled bullet train. I cannot emphasize enough what properly long wheelbase bikes (with good tires) do for tall riders, especially over crummy city streets. I am no faster on a road/race steel or aluminum bike (carbon, too, though technically untested)--heck I'm a hair slower on those--while being immensely more comfortable and less fatigued over the duration of the ride.
Specialites T.A. triplizer for the crankset (53/39/26), Tektro R737 brake calipers and R200 levers, very well-loved new-to-me Compass Bon Jon Pass 35s, 120mm Technomic stem (pretty recent addition), Noodle bars, Brooks synthetic bar tape, Prologo Scratch saddle.
I need to take more photos in different places, but I'm just here for the ride, and I still haven't gotten my phone's camera fixed (using a different camera here). Priorities, right? This bike is my absolute go-to. All the slow gears, all the fast gears, two bottle cages, and a nice place to put a frame pump that still allows me to shoulder the bike up and down all the stairs in my apartment (or anywhere else).
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Hippy camo 1985 720 in 24" with 700c wheels.
