TREK 520 Fan Club
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I know your out there. Who just loves their 520? (Or loved and misses it) I thought we'd just start a thread to talk about why. It would be fun finding the words. Most of all, I want to see all the pics!!
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valygrl, Great looking bike! Where is that picture taken? I can't figure out what the sign says.
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I love my 520. I have beat the living crap out of this bike over the years, and it just keeps going and going. This year it gets new wheels/tires, another new paint job, and a double kickstand.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...dthing/056.jpg |
So am I. Since yours has Planet Bike fenders, what is the largest tire you can mount on a Trek 520 and still fit on fenders?
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Originally Posted by kyakdiver
(Post 8487337)
valygrl, Great looking bike! Where is that picture taken? I can't figure out what the sign says.
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Originally Posted by Thulsadoom
(Post 8487352)
I love my 520. I have beat the living crap out of this bike over the years, and it just keeps going and going. This year it gets new wheels/tires, another new paint job, and a double kickstand.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...dthing/056.jpg |
Originally Posted by valygrl
(Post 8487433)
Hey, those are the same panniers I have! I had a black pair just like yours, they died in a car wreck, and found the red ones for sale used in perfect condition on Adv. Cycl.'s web site. My Arkels just sit in the closet now, the C'dales are so much better.
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I like my Trek 520. It has about 10,000 miles on it between my legs, and I bought it used when it was 7 years old.
Over looking an old mill on the Brazos River, Texas. http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...l/100_0272.jpg Local ride http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...p/100_0405.jpg In front of Eskimo Joes in Stillwater, OK. Oklahoma Freewheel, 2008 http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...l/100_0082.jpg On tour, with panniers, somewhere in southern Oklahoma http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...l/100_0041.jpg |
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Behold my still new 1989 520.
I don't yet know what will become of this time "time machine". I may sell it and buy that vintage Miyata 1000 or put it in a museum. What would you do? http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b4.../DSC02303a.jpg http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b4...0/DSC02314.jpg |
WOW, these are great bikes!! :love: Keep them coming, I love it!
:eek: I thought mine looked good! |
nice views
Originally Posted by valygrl
(Post 8487225)
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Here is mine, on a tour down the Katy going to New Mexico.
since sold to another BF member. http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...g?t=1236507771 http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...g?t=1236507842 I loved that bike, which I called Elephant Gerald. I recently sold it to another BF member, I hankered for a TI ride. |
Originally Posted by NormanF
(Post 8487368)
So am I. Since yours has Planet Bike fenders, what is the largest tire you can mount on a Trek 520 and still fit on fenders?
I've run up to 38s on mine, and there's still plenty of room. |
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Here's my 2005 520, at a rest stop in Westport, NY, along Lake Champlain, on Day 1 of a 10-day tour of northern Vermont. I love this bike, though I was glad I geared it down for this trip.
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Originally Posted by ricohman
(Post 8488587)
Behold my still new 1989 520.
I don't yet know what will become of this time "time machine". I may sell it and buy that vintage Miyata 1000 or put it in a museum. What would you do? http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b4.../DSC02303a.jpg |
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I picked this frame and another 520 frame out of the scrap iron pile on my brother in laws farm. When I asked what he wanted for them he said just get them out of here. I put parts I had laying around to put this one together and hopefully some time this summer I can get at the other one. This one is going to my nieces boyfriend.
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some people have all the luck!
Man I wish I ran into these finds!!
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I bought an early 80's 520 off CL last fall, and so far I've just used it as my winter commuter. I love this bike! I haven't put the Rivendell bar-end shifters on it yet, I've been too lazy to chase down a cable stop for the downtube. But I replaced the wheels with newer ones, replaced the bent rear derailleur, and it rides like silk.
I'm looking forward to doing some touring out in California on it this summer, depending on how the triathlon training goes. Thanks for all the great pictures! |
Originally Posted by jbpence
(Post 8489329)
Here is mine, on a tour down the Katy going to New Mexico.
since sold to another BF member. http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...g?t=1236507771 http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/r...g?t=1236507842 I loved that bike, which I called Elephant Gerald. I recently sold it to another BF member, I hankered for a TI ride. |
I brought my 520 home from the store yesterday and all those amazing pictures are inspiring.
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Originally Posted by Raffi
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and some said this bike isn't for heavy touring!:roflmao:
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