A few weeks ago I picked up a very lightly used 1991 750 from Craig's list on Long Island. It looked like it had been garaged for years and judging by the wear on the original tires, it maybe ridden only 500-1000 miles since 1991. This is the bike as I picked it up after taking off the original stock reflectors. Note that it still has the original Matrix tires. They had a lot of tread but felt pretty crumbly.
All it really needed was new tires, brake pads, thurough servicing and new cables.
Here is my new old 750 on my first real ride on the Old Croton Aquaduct Trail in the Hudson River Valley. A perfect Autumn day albeit a bit muddy.
I considered doing a drop bar conversion but decided to keep it pretty much as is for now. The only changes I'm planning to make at this point are:
- Replace the big ol' Vetta Gel saddle a modern Specialized Henge saddle (done today)
- Swap the XCE XPress Accushift shifters with XC Pro Accushift Thumbies (scored on eBay last week)
- Replace the stock bar with one with more sweep like a Soma Clarence