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Trek 950 vintage
Just bought this beauty for some one needed a commuter. I just tried tp prep it. I put reflectors, rear rack, adjust head set, . Feels good wrenching., and helping some body out .. ps one of the previous owners drillled out the rim holes for presta valve. 😒Gonna have to ride like this a while.. .
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Nice find. These are great all around bikes. They can take a lickin' and keep on tickin'. If I had to have one bike....
You could also do so many things with it. Gravel, cross country, commute, grocery getting, training rides, etc. They also fit fenders with no problems.
You could also do so many things with it. Gravel, cross country, commute, grocery getting, training rides, etc. They also fit fenders with no problems.
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This fellow evidently rode his 1989 950 on some great adventures.
https://m.youtube.com/user/ThreeWheel...able_polymer=1
I have two of them and enjoy riding them a lot.
One is set up with racks and baskets for grocery and other carrying duties and the other without racks just for fun riding around my area.
I wasn't planning on two of them but found the first one with rough paint and had it
powder coated, built it up and was liking it quite a bit when a 2nd one very nearby popped up for sale at a decent price in the almost same scratched up paint condition so I bought it, repeated powder coating and rebuild process to set up with racks and baskets for hauling duty.
Enjoy your 950.
https://m.youtube.com/user/ThreeWheel...able_polymer=1
I have two of them and enjoy riding them a lot.
One is set up with racks and baskets for grocery and other carrying duties and the other without racks just for fun riding around my area.
I wasn't planning on two of them but found the first one with rough paint and had it
powder coated, built it up and was liking it quite a bit when a 2nd one very nearby popped up for sale at a decent price in the almost same scratched up paint condition so I bought it, repeated powder coating and rebuild process to set up with racks and baskets for hauling duty.
Enjoy your 950.
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I had one a while back, but my arms didn't like the stretch to the bars. These have a long top tube... I did like the looks of that beautiful lugged frame!
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I just rebuilt mine with a trekking bar. It's a keeper for sure.
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Excellent, you rescued one of the last of the US-made lugged-frame bikes ever. The wholesale offshoring of the industry was fast apace at the time. Bike is a snapshot of a fleeting moment. My 950 is just a couple years newer, still USA made, but not lugged. Is yours that "sour grape" purple? It's in awesome shape.
They also came stock with a pretty long reach stem, as the above photos show. My stem was even longer. A shorter stem can make a big difference with that stretch experience.
They also came stock with a pretty long reach stem, as the above photos show. My stem was even longer. A shorter stem can make a big difference with that stretch experience.
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Nice bike! A shorter stem and/or swept bars make all the difference in the ride.
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yes was purple , she loved it , we thought was black from the pics but when I picked up was that deep purple. I personally have a 970. I also scored a 950 a while ago for my son. I am surprised how they both popped up in the right frame size.
yes amazing made in USA.
yes amazing made in USA.
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1989 950. I really need to get this bike out and ride... And get some new pics. I'd like to find one bigger though.
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The lugged Trek 950's are great bikes, I've had a few pass through my hands. However, this 970 I restored and kept for my fiance.
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I've been restoring this 1990 Trek 950 slowly throughout the winter. It's a wonderful bike. Amazing frame. I should have it completed near the end of January.
I'm not quite sure where the 950 will fit into my arsenal though, as I already ride a '92 Rockhopper for trail ripping and bikepacking. I'll probably ride it throughout the summer. And if I really love it, maybe do a full repaint next fall, and a drop bar conversion.
I'm not quite sure where the 950 will fit into my arsenal though, as I already ride a '92 Rockhopper for trail ripping and bikepacking. I'll probably ride it throughout the summer. And if I really love it, maybe do a full repaint next fall, and a drop bar conversion.
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have been looking at touring bikes and wondwering if I should attempt a drop bar conversion and make my trek 970 a touring bike? They seem to have a long wheel base and pretty heavy duty . Does it cost a lot of money to do? Do you have to change out brakes and shifters etc? Have not done to much wrenching and would it be cost effective . I will say I looked at a Masi Giromondo and like the discs and does seem to have a comfort geoemetry ...it costs about 1400
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They are out there. This one's a not-so-glamorous 930.
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have been looking at touring bikes and wondwering if I should attempt a drop bar conversion and make my trek 970 a touring bike? They seem to have a long wheel base and pretty heavy duty . Does it cost a lot of money to do? Do you have to change out brakes and shifters etc? Have not done to much wrenching and would it be cost effective . I will say I looked at a Masi Giromondo and like the discs and does seem to have a comfort geoemetry ...it costs about 1400
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A TIG-welded 930 just came up today on the local CL:
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...057299810.html
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...057299810.html
Trek 930 - $175
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A TIG-welded 930 just came up today on the local CL:
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...057299810.html
https://madison.craigslist.org/bik/d...057299810.html
Trek 930 - $175
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A 1997 Trek 820, powder coated, SS drivetrain, v brakes/ v levers and drops. Did this conversion back in 2015. Still a joy to ride.
Only stock parts are the skewers on wheels & seatpost.
Only stock parts are the skewers on wheels & seatpost.
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Originally Posted by katsup
The lugged Trek 950's are great bikes, I've had a few pass through my hands. However, this 970 I restored and kept for my fiance.
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I enjoy gravel grinding mine like bikemigs (1993) in warm months on forest roads and mellow single track. That tru temper ox is built like a tank and just cool to have the last lugged USA built. They are heavy and the long top tube is not relative to seat tube, not sure I would want to tour on it! But a keeper for sure, the rigid forks ones ( ironically they were the "lower" level). I just found a 93 example in good shape listed recently for 120, guess prices have not changed much in the last 5 years!
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