Who knows their 90s mtb Treks?
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: GMT-5
Posts: 967
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 564 Post(s)
Liked 422 Times
in
279 Posts
Who knows their 90s Trek mtbs?
Did Trek ever included a 45° stem as a stock original part in their mtbs?
Trek mtbs had their "System Components" 1 or 2 that was decaled on their bars, bar ends, and stems.
The 45° stem does not have any such markings, my experience tells me it was just a bolt on by a PO, or perhaps installed by the LBS at time of original purchase. The photo belongs to a seller that swears this is the original stock stem.
Every time I've seen the Trek original stem, it was long and about 7°.
Trek mtbs had their "System Components" 1 or 2 that was decaled on their bars, bar ends, and stems.
The 45° stem does not have any such markings, my experience tells me it was just a bolt on by a PO, or perhaps installed by the LBS at time of original purchase. The photo belongs to a seller that swears this is the original stock stem.
Every time I've seen the Trek original stem, it was long and about 7°.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 7,294
Mentioned: 43 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4546 Post(s)
Liked 1,693 Times
in
1,111 Posts
Here's the bike on page 23:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2...reksmaller.pdf
It is a stem match in construction, just not angle. It certainly could have been the stem the smallest sizes came with, but it also could have been an easy swap Trek encouraged with matching parts.
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2...reksmaller.pdf
It is a stem match in construction, just not angle. It certainly could have been the stem the smallest sizes came with, but it also could have been an easy swap Trek encouraged with matching parts.
#3
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: GMT-5
Posts: 967
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 564 Post(s)
Liked 422 Times
in
279 Posts
Yes, the catalog shows the System Components 7° stem that I have seen often.
I was never able to find the 45° stem in any catalogs, thus disputing the seller's claim that it is an original stock part.
I was never able to find the 45° stem in any catalogs, thus disputing the seller's claim that it is an original stock part.
#4
Pedal to the medal
I'll tell you one thing, the orientation of that rear skewer definitely isn't stock
Likes For romperrr:
Likes For Mr. 66:
#7
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: GMT-5
Posts: 967
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 564 Post(s)
Liked 422 Times
in
279 Posts
At the moment I'll go with the concencus that the 45° stem is indeed a Trek part, and if not, then a part from the same era that was most likely casted by the same Taiwainese factory.
Thanks for everyone's input.