Frame too whippy?
02-22-20, 09:37 AM
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: northern michigan
Posts: 13,317
Bikes: '77 Colnago Super, '76 Fuji The Finest, '88 Cannondale Criterium, '86 Trek 760, '87 Miyata 712
Mentioned: 19 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 659 Post(s)
Liked 595 Times
in
313 Posts
Late arrival...
I have an ‘86 Trek 760 with full 531c. The bike weighs in at 20.5lbs. Whippy frame? Just a little bit. I don’t ride it very hard, it’s too nice ex-mt condition. However, I did stomp on it once and immediately had a ghost shift. I took it in my shop and gave attention to some needed adj on the Campy NR derailleur. Fixed it.
I used to own and hammer relentlessly on the “younger brother” to the 760, the 460 that was Trek’s 1985 weekend warrior, entry level racer. The frame was TrueTemper and weighed 23lbs. Nice bike, good job Trek. Whippy? Wow. A few occasions I outright stomped on it and flexed the chain stay at the BB enough to grind the small ring into the stay, in addition to putting a tweak in the Road Custom bar. Oh yeah, these bikes will flex.
I have an ‘86 Trek 760 with full 531c. The bike weighs in at 20.5lbs. Whippy frame? Just a little bit. I don’t ride it very hard, it’s too nice ex-mt condition. However, I did stomp on it once and immediately had a ghost shift. I took it in my shop and gave attention to some needed adj on the Campy NR derailleur. Fixed it.
I used to own and hammer relentlessly on the “younger brother” to the 760, the 460 that was Trek’s 1985 weekend warrior, entry level racer. The frame was TrueTemper and weighed 23lbs. Nice bike, good job Trek. Whippy? Wow. A few occasions I outright stomped on it and flexed the chain stay at the BB enough to grind the small ring into the stay, in addition to putting a tweak in the Road Custom bar. Oh yeah, these bikes will flex.
