Originally Posted by AdventureManCO

I’ll likely do an individual thread on this one, but just picked up a 1979 Trek 937 or 938, in what I believe is the original DuPont Imron ‘Lt Green’ 62703 color -




On the way back home…













Lot that is unoriginal, some bits that *may* be original. Will be getting a full Nuovo Record build.

Originally Posted by ridesoldtrek

B2522 AA, available from several online sources, I bought mine on ebay. Velo Orange sells a very similar bar, the Postino, which they call a classic Italian city bike handlebar. I can't vouch for truth of that description. I do own one of those, originally intended for this build, but the finish is not up to the Nitto. No surprise there. It's about half the price, and the sweep is 45 degrees vs. 42 for the Nitto. The bend is a little different, but otherwise the same bar.

This bar results in a much more comfortable wrist position than a purely straight bar. On all previous incarnations of this bike I was using drop bars, and a double chainring. For this build, I didn't need the range of a double, so I cut the mounting tabs off a worn out chainring and used them as spacers on the back side of the crank so I could use the same bolts. If you look closely you can just make them out in one of the photos.

Other components:
- Sugino Mighty Tour crank. I bought this new in the spring of 1977 as a reward to myself for quitting smoking. I bought this frame shortly after that and built it up with a hodgepodge of new and used parts just before my first solo tour in late September 1977, Minneapolis to Eau Claire, WI.
- Suntour Superbe long reach sidepull brakes. I got these in 1979 as payment for doing some repair work for a friend of a friend. The pads on them now are Yokozuna, they are a perfect match to the finish and have amazing stopping power. Much much better than any hydraulic disc brake fan-boy would ever be willing to admit. Suntour XC Expert levers.
- Suntour Cyclone derailler, ebay purchase in 2007 for a different bike. Works pretty well, but I think it may be slightly bent. But it's pretty and for the riding I do with this bike I don't shift much anyway.
- Suntour Sprint friction ratchet shifter. If you've never used Suntour ratchet friction shifters, or the equally good Rivendell versions of this one, give them a try. Bike Snob says about how good these are: I believe it's a good thing the bike industry abandoned friction shifting, because otherwise they would be charging us a fortune for it. I couldn't agree more. Of course you need to become proficient at friction shifting, but it's not any harder than walking up or down a set of stairs without looking at your feet or having indexed leg and foot joints.
- Campagnolo Record hubs and headset. New in about 1982 as part of a refurbish and new set of wheels (my first try at wheelbuilding) just before an 800 mile solo tour around the top of Lake Michigan, starting and finishing in Madison, WI and taking the car ferry across the big lake. Previous wheels had sewup rims/tires, I had used those on several tours before and dreamed of the reliability of clinchers. Now laced to the new Velocity Dyad's.
- Nitto stem and seatpost. What can I say? Nobody makes components more beautiful than these, a reminder of the beauty of design and finish that's pretty much extinct from modern bike design.
The sparkly black powerdercoat was kind of a last minute decision. I love the navy blue Trek and earlier poster has, but my powdercoater didn't really have a color close enough to that.
- I had some work done on the frame by a local (Minneapolis) custom builder. The original frame had only a rear derailler cable stop. Added these pretty water bottle mounts, shifter braze-on's, revised rear cable routing, and crimping of chainstays for better tire clearance.

Originally Posted by ridesoldtrek

Originally Posted by cooperryder

Nicely done ridesoldtrek!

My type of build!

Originally Posted by ridesoldtrek

I'm curious to know how this bike rides no-handed. Why? I could never ride my 76 TX-500 no handed and I always thought there was something wrong with me. I had it in for some work at a local frame builder and he said the main triangle was not planar. He tweaked it (scary to watch) and now it's perfect! Another guy I talked to said that many of the Trek frames in the first few years had this same problem.

Originally Posted by AdventureManCO

As soon as we are done w/ our flooring project I plan to service the hubs and get it out on the road - I'll let you know!

Between this and the '81 957 I have, I can see why the author/webmaster of Vintage Trek calls the early 80s 7xx and 9xx bikes the 'zenith' of Trek frame production. There are a few finishing touches that frame has that this '79 doesn't, but this one is in my size and the paint is one of the coolest colors I've seen on a bike.

Originally Posted by Romany275

1992 Trek 950

Originally Posted by ridesoldtrek

I'm curious to know how this bike rides no-handed. Why? I could never ride my 76 TX-500 no handed and I always thought there was something wrong with me. I had it in for some work at a local frame builder and he said the main triangle was not planar. He tweaked it (scary to watch) and now it's perfect! Another guy I talked to said that many of the Trek frames in the first few years had this same problem.