I just saw that Bike Gallery in Portland has some 2010 Trek Portland frame sets available for $199 (and a couple of 2011's for $249). I'd guess that they'd be willing to ship them.

I'm not affiliated in any way with Bike Gallery. I just know a few people here were disappointed by the demise of the Trek Portland and so I thought I'd pass along the information.

Thank you.

I'd rather get something like the Salsa Vaya in steel with 135mm rear spacing. Any such framesets available for $199?

I forgot the Portland had 130mm rear spacing. That does make it a bit odd. Still a really nice frame for that price.

So wait are they shipping..

I don't know. They're a business. I would imagine that if you call them up and say you want to buy one they'd figure out a way to get your money.

I will be in Portland in a few weeks... looks like I will miss the sale but might have to see if I can get someone like my wife to purchase on one of those Portland framesets (if there are any left).

And here I thought having a wife in Portland was the Canadian equivalent of hooking up with a girl in the Niagara Falls area, but if that were the case she couldn't purchase a bike for you.

They don't have my size.

Do you have "someone like my wife" in other cities too? Rather convenient don't you think? Lucky guy you!!!

Just run road hubs, disc compatible. Tiagra would work, no ?

I can't help but think the Portland was a case of a near miss by Trek. Discs on a commuter are an excellent idea---but commuters tend to favor steel framed bikes. The Portland is aluminum(not a bad thing, but you should cater to your market). Including fenders is a great idea---but Trek put terrible, useless fenders on the Portland.

Then again, Civia offered several of those for a couple of years, and now all they're selling are retro hipster city bikes. I guess you just can't sell a roadie commuter bike.

You can, you just need to claim that it's a cyclocross bike. "Gravel grinder" is also now acceptable.

If you're too cheap to spend $35 to replace the fenders, you should probably not be looking at Treks anyway. Before I even took delivery of my Portland, I had SKS P-35s installed. I kept the Bontrager Satellites, and put them on my Litespeed. To me they weren't "terrible, useless" commuting fenders, they were free roadie fenders. They're perfectly fine on my roadie for keeping my backside stripe-free when the roads are wet after a rain, or even on nice days during the winter when I might come across some meltwater.

As for the aluminum, living in the rust belt, I wouldn't own a steel bike for a commuter. I do own a steel bike--a '99 Schwinn Peloton. It comes off the road in early November and it doesn't see the road in the spring until after a good gully-washer or two washes the salt away. (Maybe next week sometime, we had some good rain yesterday and today.) Meanwhile, the last time I didn't bike commute was before I bought my '06 Portland. It's delivered me to work and back home on every workday in seven salty winters without complaint. It rides better than the steel Schwinn too.

awesome tip. I've always regretted not buying one of these. and I have a spare crank, cassette, and Tiagra levers to apply toward the build!

Word is they bought unsold old stock bikes, from the distribution warehouse,

stripped them, resold the components, and frame and fork is what's left.

just called them and they won't ship. Trek restrictions I suspect.

Bummer. Sorry for stirring up false hope. You could maybe try placing a help wanted ad on Portland craigslist.

It is usually inconvenient, to have one's wife 1000 miles away.

For so many things.

perhaps a dealer to dealer, transfer, shipping will be OK, try going through your Local Trek Dealer .