sheepdog22

Woo! Pretty excited. Just picked up my first road & vintage bike. Just moved to Florida and have been on the hunt for something besides my full suspension mountain bike to ride around on. Enter Tracy the Trek



Shes a 1985 Trek 670. I had been on a massive search on craigslist when I found it. It was local and went buy and couldn't pass up the deal. The guy was really nice and had a collection of road bikes in his apartment. He had cleaned it all up and lubed up the drivetrain. Here are the rest of the pictures I snapped real fast when I got home:









Anyways I want to spruce her up. She is in god condition but can be better. She in is need of some new tape. The hard decision comes in on deciding on going with the original white tape or something nicer. I have seen some bikes on this forum that are close to the same color that look awesome sporting the leather gum color. I would also like the match the seat with the grips. Can you all give me some advice on what seats are even out there?

I am completely new to the vintage world. My only other bike is a Kona Stinky for the mountains. Are there any good sites that specialize in vintage parts? Also any gurus know where I can source a new sticker set? Lastly, do they make add-on brake levers that are similar to these?

special_k

Welcome! That's a great bike you've got there.

The "lever add-ons" you are talking about are called turkey levers or suicide levers. They are not particularly effective for providing reliable braking. What you might consider is cross-top levers like these

ftwelder

Nice first score. Turkey levers interfere with some of the available hand positions on road handlebars and offer little actual braking. With a little practice you will find it quite easy to brake from the hoods.

rootboy 

Great color !

Velognome 

Great score. Welcome to the world of C&V! Your first lesson," N+1. It won't be long until you stumble across another vintage ride that you just gotta have. Enjoy the ride

KonAaron Snake 

I dig it! Nice older Trek. Personally, I'd switch out the Modolo calipers, but all in good time.

The in line levers are very nice and convenient...but you do loose a little total breaking power by having an additional point to the cable.

JReade

Where in Florida?

sheepdog22

Cool. I will check them out. I see your in Baltimore, I just moved from Frederick! Thanks again for the info!

sheepdog22

Hows everyone feel about TT bars? I like they way they look and looks to be pretty comfortable but show I deviate from the stock form? I always dig a vintage bike in stock form

sheepdog22

I live in Debary which is Central Florida. About 20-30 minutes North of Orlando.

sheepdog22

What do you recommend switching them out with?

cycleheimer

They are also a problem if you want to mount a handlebar bag for light touring. They will also "damage" the look of this bike. As far as saddles are concerned, a broken-in leather Brooks B-17 is a B.F C&V favorite! You can also check for deals online at Nashbar, performance and JensonUSA to name a few merchants. BTW, really nice road bike! Pretty sweet for your first catch, but with this one...who needs another? Now to get out and put some mileage on it!

jstewse

Great looking bike, these vintage Treks are sought after for a reason.

I think you really ought to give the drop bars/levers combo a try before you go adding TT bars or turkey levers, it's the standard on road machines for a reason and with a little time I think you'll find it to be perfectly comfortable/functional. The availability of different hand positions is a beautiful thing. Maybe try some aero levers like the Tektro r200 or the standard Shimano 105/slr/rx100 style levers. Also playing around with bar angle, lever position, stem height/length will help you dial it in to whats comfortable for you.

As far as tape color goes, I'd say stick with the white, or find a charcoal color like the rims/calipers.

cycleheimer

IMHO, I'd be happy with the Modolos. Black or white Royal Gran-Compes from Dia-Compe would look nice, but truly not necessary. They do look really nice, though.

sportridertex

I go to Orlando, twice a year for work, and I'm trying to imagine Mountains and mountain bikes there, I just can't picture it,but that's a "NICE" TREK.

I like.....

Chicago Al 

The Trek R200 aero brake levers are well-loved for a reason: they work well, are very comfortable, and are very cheap, around $20. That would be a very easy upgrade while staying in the more or less traditional DT shifter mode. You can also buy them packaged with Tektro dual-pivot calipers from Bikeisland.com for under $50. The levers don't come with white hoods though.

Doohickie

Nice score. Before changing the configuration, get to know the bike. Ride it a while, make any adjustments to make it comfy for you, and only after that go ahead and make your changes. You may find that you like it as-is, once you get to know the bike.

realestvin7

Great bike. Love the color.

And try it out before you go with TT bars or similar. Just wouldn't look right IMO.

SJX426 

Nice Trek!
Before changing anything, except the tape, check out fit first. Make sure you are comfortable and everything is right, seat location and angle and stem length. The HB look right to me. They are in, what some call, the Italian position, with the "flat" part of the drops pointed at the rear axle. this allows for the upper part of the drop to be "flat" for ease of resting you hands next to the brake levers for ease of use.

lotek 

I had and sold one of those, an absolutely great bike. I actually liked the modolo calipers they worked fine
and I like the charcoal grey with the trek paint. The white tape looks good but can be a pain in the butt
to keep clean. I'd recommend something like the Fizik bar tape at least you can wipe off the dirt from that
tape.
Ex Hagerstown here, kind of miss that area.

marty

spinbackle

I had one of those at one time, ran it into a car and it was toast. Same color, looks to be about the same size, same year, same Look pedals. That looks to be a Campy Nuovo Record drivetrain. That's one nice bike there. You can find decals at Velocals.com for that one. Did I mention that's a sweet ride?

Scott

Dawes-man

I like older Treks a lot and yours is a very nice one - double-butted Reynolds tubes and Nuovo Record cranks and derailleurs. They are very well made and a nice ride. Congratulations!

I second or third the advice to ride it as is for a few weeks before deciding what to change, adjusting things along the way to improve the fit.

You may have seen this but this is the catalogue with your machine in it

Roll-Monroe-Co

May we see pics of the drivetrain?

I don't know what you paid, but I think you scored.

Don't change anything about it without letting us talk you out of it first. It's especially important to us that other people's bikes remain stock original.

CMC SanDiego

Before you go changing bar styles, if you find these uncomfortable I would consider going to a wider bar. If the bike fits you (just based on the size of the frame in the photo's I'd say you are probably 5'9" or taller) its very likely you need to move to at least a 44cm or wider bar in order to feel comfortable riding the bike. Its a beautiful machine, and I'm sure you can get it dialed in to fit you.
I also like Brooks saddles, and haven't found anything nearly so comfortable that looks half as good.
Enjoy the bike.

rivas7200

Nice bike! Those frames are awesome and so is that teal-gray color scheme.
I almost pulled the trigger on a (I think) late-80's aluminum Trek 1100 last week. If it had not been for the Schwinn Circuit I just bought and a few bikes that I need to sell, the Trek 1100 would be sitting in my house by now. Seller posted it for 225 and a few days later it was re-listed at 375. Interesting.