Trek 760 found locally, lots of pictures

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12-24-24 | 08:08 AM

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That is easily the most appealing Trek I've ever seen.

12-24-24 | 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Sedgemop

Congrats, man. Had one of these and it was my favorite ride for years. Yours in in very nice condition. Enjoy! There's a dedicated thread to this model and its cousins.

The Trek 760 Appreciation Thread (770 and 170 included)

This thread is the reason I bought it. Read through all the posts in it and figured, "what the heck"! Bunch of dang enablers around here, LOL!

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12-24-24 | 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Sactown_Albert

That Victory group set is under appreciated. With a little hunting, you can get inner chainrings as small as a 35 tooth. Miche makes them and you can find new ones in the European sites like Lordgun and Bikeinn.

You should have clearance to run a 700/32 tire like a Gravelking. Seems like it would be an ok Cino choice set up that way.

EDIT-I goofed on BCD which is actually 116 as pointed out below.

Not only can you get some smaller chainrings, but the Victory rear derailleur is designed to take up to a 30t freewheel cog. So you could get some pretty low gears - especially if you accept running a chain too long that goes slack in small/small.

02-15-25 | 03:49 PM

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I got be messing with this one today also. The brakes have always been hard to pull on this one and I figured the cables were dragging inside of gunked up housings. I bought new housing weeks ago for this and decided to fix this one today. First I just disconnected the cables and they actually do move freely. Then I compressed the VIctory calipers by hand and man are those strong springs. So I grabbed some NOS Athena Monoplaner brakes I had and mounted those. What a world of difference. This is what I'm going to run on this one now. I'll keep the old brakes in case I sell this one as they should go with the bike. But otherwise I'm sticking with the replacement calipers. Yellow O-rings for the adjusters just because...

I've still got to go to the hardware store to find a replacement bolt and nut for the one pedal cage. It was missing when I got the bike. I went through all of my loose nuts and bolts but didn't have anything that small.

Thinking again today about putting that old Campagnolo tubular wheelset I got extra when I bought this bike. They are all sorted out now. I got a bulk of small width Effetto Mariposa Carogna tape in today. I found a shop roll at a discount with just a small amount used off of it. I just don't know what tubular tires to pick now if I can't find my beloved Veloflex's.