cb400bill

I picked this up tonight from a member of my local bike club. It has a mix of OEM and replacement parts. Campy cranks, seat post, derailleurs, and shifters. Stronglight head set. Wheelsmith hubs and spokes with Mavic MA40 rims. 3ttt stem and Nitto bars. Not included were brakes or levers.

It has a decal on the top tube that says 700 Series, but the chain stay protector is too torn up to be legible. I believe the serial number is 147833, it is hard to read that first number.

Here is a quick pic. It's a little bit rougher than the pic shows.

zazenzach

looks like a 1985 trek 770 to me.

the original parts to that would have been super record, so it looks like those cranks are original

Bianchigirll 

Sexxy

orangeology

nice score. those high-end steel Treks are beautiful, always.

hmarks

Nice. I knew geared bikes without brakes would become hip sooner or later.

canyoneagle

Excellent score!

LOL hmarks

BenA

Wow, nice score. No matter what condition, that's a rare bike. They just don't come up that often. How's the frame? dents? scratches? the components would not matter that much to me because they can always be had - the frame is the deal!

cb400bill

The frame is in good shape.

A little surface rust under the top tube, the paint has numerous scrapes and scratches, but no dents.

This thing is light. Of course having no brakes helps in that department.

cb400bill

BenA,

I responded to your earlier post from my phone, so I didn't realize who you were.

The thread you started about your pink 770 was the reason I guessed that the bike I found was one, as well. Great job on your restoration. It looks tremendous.

I've been keeping my eyes open for a nice steel framed Trek for some time now. I missed out on a red one, maybe a 410, this past spring. I think I'll like this one more.

Right now it is too soon since I got mine to know what path I will take with getting it back on the road. It really just needs brakes, cables, and bar tape but I'd like to take my time and do it right. There is no hurry as the full time riding season ended a couple of weeks ago.

BenA

What's your name, btw? I am no expert on Treks, that's for sure, but i did happen to get obsessed with this bike and learned a few things along the way from folks who know a lot more than me. Looks like yours is a midsize frame? One of the real challenges with actually deciding to hunt for a vintage low production bike is that when you do find one they often are the wrong size! Hopefully yours fits! Of course, most of us are so seduced by these old steel frames that we are willing to ride one size up or down just to have the bike - i was! Mine is probably one size too big for me.

You'll have a couple decisions to make during the fix-up. I wanted to be pretty close to the original, but I could NOT put those caramel gum hoods back on, or the tan side wall tires. I think Trek just wanted to ignore that these looked like crap on a pink and white bike. I had to go with white hoods and black tires (though might consider white sidewalls in future!). Good luck again, and stay in touch. I would love to see where you go with it.

Ben

cb400bill

BenA my name is Bill. Feel free to PM me if you like.

I printed off the color codes you posted in your thread and took them to a local auto paint supply shop.

The guy there could not find them in their database. Are you sure the info you provided is accurate?

BenA

hey Bill, nice to meet you,


Yeah, I'm pretty sure its correct. The trouble with Dupont is that they have more than one database i understand. He really should be able to find it with just Chromabase Atlas Purple - it would not have a name if it was not a real color I think. But, I might go right to the dupont distributor and skip the autobody shop. If you still have touble, you probably could order a pint directly from the place my bike painter seems to have gotten mine from: Auto Value in Milaca, MN (mine mixed on 6/24/2011). I tried to take a photo with my phone of the paint can, but it won't email - either way, the info i put in the other post is correct, i double checked.
Ben

chicken0207

Awesome bike and its an awesome color to.

cb400bill

Time for an update on my 770. I lightly sanded the bad rust spots under the top tube and did a bunch of touch up. It looks good from 10 feet away.

Using the bathroom scale method of measuring, it weighs just under 20 lbs.

I replaced the bars and stem with a better looking 3TTT set. Added some Campy brakes and installed a set of Suntour Cyclone levers I had in my stash. New cables, tubes and tires. Ignore the pedals and saddle as they are only on there while I'm still fine tuning the bike.

Before:


Currently:

lostarchitect 

That is a very cool bike, dig the color. However I would not trust the accuracy of your bathroom scale. If that actually weighs less than 20 lbs, I'll be pretty shocked!

shoota 

I was thinking the same thing actually.

gomango

Very nice.

My De Rosa Professional weighs more than your Trek.

I wouldn't give the weight another thought.

auchencrow

Missed it when you posted the first time around but it certainly is shaping up - nice snag Bill!

What saddle are you contemplating?

cb400bill

Guys, I'm not hung up on the bike's weight. That's why I said that I was using the bathroom scale method.

It I was a weight Weenie, I'd weigh 170 not 195.

shoota 

I don't blame you that's a cool bike! I'd ride it..

cb400bill

Still up in the air. I've not tried a Rolls yet. I hear great things about them.

Narhay

Nice. I would get some brake hoods or wrap your tape around these a bit more so that that slice of metal isn't peeking through. New saddle is a must. Other than that, looks very nice.

cyclotoine

Gotta get some hoods on the baby. Looking really good.

due ruote 

Nice find! Looks great but deserves a nicer saddle - something like a Concor or Regal would really set it off.

I won't opine about the weight, but will mention that my cheap little Ebay scale seems to do a pretty credible job. It's the 10g-40kg model.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Pock...item5656313f1f

bikemig 

I like Rolls saddles a lot, they're easy to find, and they're more or less period correct for the bike. Nice bike btw and nice job of touching up the paint job. I have a Trek 720 that needs a lot of touching up. If you're doing this for a living, let me know,