Sad: Neutered High End Trek
08-11-09, 02:44 AM
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Sad: Neutered High End Trek
I was searching for used Brooks and I found this:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/1315810493.html
With the brake cable guides and double bottle holders bosses, no way in hell this is a '78 frame.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xdanasaurx/
Check out the lugs and the fork crown,
then check out the shifter bosses and derailleur hanger.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/1315810493.html
With the brake cable guides and double bottle holders bosses, no way in hell this is a '78 frame.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xdanasaurx/
Check out the lugs and the fork crown,
then check out the shifter bosses and derailleur hanger.
08-11-09, 08:38 AM
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I have only one word to say to the person who "created" that monstrosity:
DREW!
-Kurt
DREW!
-Kurt
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you should have bought it before that guy
you didn't
the way I see it, this whole thing is YOUR fault
and YOURS
and YOURS!
you didn't
the way I see it, this whole thing is YOUR fault
and YOURS
and YOURS!
08-11-09, 01:57 PM
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oh good lord, that's bad. at least it's not as bad as some others i've seen.
(chopping cable guides should be a punishable offense)
(chopping cable guides should be a punishable offense)
08-11-09, 02:02 PM
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I think there's going to be a huge aftermarket for cable guides and clamp-on derailleurs as a result of this fixie fad. The saddest part, in my eyes, is the way it's going to drive up the value of intact vintage frames. They're expensive enough as it is!
Oh well.... maybe people will start brazing in mass again in order to augment our depleted stock of lugged beauties.
Oh well.... maybe people will start brazing in mass again in order to augment our depleted stock of lugged beauties.
YMMV.
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To be honest, the derailleur hanger is what irritates me. The other things really don't detract in a meaningful way from the functionality of the bike.
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I was searching for used Brooks and I found this:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/1315810493.html
With the brake cable guides and double bottle holders bosses, no way in hell this is a '78 frame.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xdanasaurx/
Check out the lugs and the fork crown,
then check out the shifter bosses and derailleur hanger.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bik/1315810493.html
With the brake cable guides and double bottle holders bosses, no way in hell this is a '78 frame.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/xdanasaurx/
Check out the lugs and the fork crown,
then check out the shifter bosses and derailleur hanger.
As to year: the combination of the double bottle bosses, with top brake cable guides, the beveled (non fast back) seat stays and the cutout lug work in the fork crown put that like 82-84 maybe a 957 ??? Definitely a top end Trek from the day due to the lug work around the bottle bosses. I have an 83 760 and the single bottle bosses are just raised, drilled and tapped, no fancy lug work.
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08-11-09, 04:54 PM
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Frame looks (to me) an awful lot like my 83 600.....those would then be suntour dropouts (still should have preserved the hanger) - also seems to have removed all the fender mounts. And actually has dimpled chain stays which might place it even lower than the 600....not necessarily ultra high end trek.....
08-11-09, 05:19 PM
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They're ********. I think I've said more than enough about a recent destruction of another nice older bike by one of these fixie morrons. A friend said: "why don't they just set it up so it can't shift?"
But, what the Hell, you know, at least they're riding the darn things.
But, what the Hell, you know, at least they're riding the darn things.
08-11-09, 06:32 PM
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That's no trek 600. Look at the crown again and the short pointy lugs and the double bottle holders bosses. Probably, a 75x or 97x. I don't have a thing for Trek but seeing a drewed high end vintage frame made me really sad.
