Originally Posted by
tkamd73
This 77 Trek TX900, was the most $$$ I’ve spent on a vintage bike, probably cause it’s one of the few bikes purchased whole, and ready to ride. Found it on eBay, it was nearby, so contacted the seller, and then drove up and bought it before the auction ended. No hesitation whatsoever. However, after selling off the Brooks Pro, the Mavic blues, Regina freewheel, and Cinelli stem, it was almost a free bike.
Tim
I bought a 76 Trek TX900 frame and fork only because that was the way Trek sold them back then, then I had set up with Nuovo Record, then little less than a year after I bought it I sold it because girls thought I was weird because I paid more for my bike than my car! So I sold both and got a nicer car. Bought the bike from Open Air bicycles in Santa Barbara California, they put it on consignment, but I met the buyer. I often wondered whatever happened to that bike over the millenium!
I thought the bike had a tad too much flex in it though, but that was in 1976 and most frames were that way.