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Old 02-10-14, 10:19 PM
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Bikes: 1978 Trek TX700; 1978/79 Trek 736; 1984 Specialized Stumpjumper Sport; 1984 Schwinn Voyageur SP; 1985 Trek 620; 1985 Trek 720; 1986 Trek 400 Elance; 1987 Schwinn High Sierra; 1990 Miyata 1000LT

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Updating some pix of my 1985 Trek 620.

I replaced the bars and stem to a Nitto Noodle/Dirt Drop combination- it gives me a little more width to have the Acorn Boxy Rando Bag and still use the Command Shifters. I also replaced the boring stock Shimano Cable yokes for the nifty Tektro alloy yokes and replaced the reflector cable hanger with an old Shimano QR unit. I had a bit of a problem with the cables and housing- I bought a Jagwire Road Pro cable kit, and unbeknownst to me, it would not work so well with non-aero levers- there's barely enough brake housing for a full run of housing on a small frame with aero levers, nowhere near enough for a full run with non-aero levers. Also, the XC Pro on there went to my 1984 Voyageur SP- which is coming along slowly- so that was replaced by an XC Comp- and it looks quite sporty on here, I must say.






















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