WFDLT

Hello all. I'm a brand new member looking for a little bit of assistance. I had originally posted this in another part of the forum, and it was suggested I try this area, as there may be more expertise here.

A little background first. I'm 46 years old and I live in the suburbs of Boston. I was heavily into BMX as a teen in the 80s, predominantly freestyle, and more specifically, flatland. I've recently gotten back into riding a BMX bike, which started by restoring a bike I had as a teen. I soon discovered I still have the bug and only wish I didn't wait 25 years to get back into it.

My older brother passed away about a year ago, and left behind two bicycles. One is a Specialized mountain bike that I am keeping for myself.

The other is a road bike. A Trek 420 Fast Track. It appears to have some aftermarket parts on it, though my knowledge of road bikes is limited at best. I know what one looks like. I've checked a bunch of websites trying to find out more about it, but have found very little. I found the model listed on one site, but nowhere can I find the year that the color was made. It's black and the stickers are gold. That combination is nowhere to be found.

I'm most curious as to how old it is. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but knowing the year it was built is important to me regardless of whether or not I keep it.

Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated.

This is a picture of the bike in question. I do not have the serial number and can't get access to it until tomorrow, as I'm currently working and will be until morning.

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dweenk

Looks like a 1996 model to me, based on color and decals. If so it was a lower mid-range model that sold for about $425 back then. Looks like it has been well maintained.

WFDLT

Thank you. It was well taken care of when he was riding. It's been sitting unused for more than 10 years. Fortunately I got it out of the shed and into the basement before the roof collapsed, which then allowed everything in there to be soaked over and over.

I'm not looking to get rich off of it. I'm actually considering giving it to the local bike shop and letting them update it and sell it themselves.

Or if there is anyone here from MA interested in it, don't hesitate to ask. I just want it to go to somebody who will appreciate it and enjoy it as much as he did.

Chris Chicago

should bring $200ish on craigslist easy. dont need no updating.

here's a link to the catalog it's found in
https://www.vintage-trek.com/Trek-Fis...d/1996trek.pdf

WFDLT

That's great, thank you very much. I guess I didn't explore that website as much as I had originally thought. When I didn't see black listed as a color for any of those years I thought maybe I was looking it up wrong or it was unique in some way. The more I've been poking around the website here, and trying to learn about the bike, I may actually keep it. I need to start exercising and riding beats a treadmill any day. Thank you again, all of you that helped me and pointed me in the right direction. It means a lot to me to learn more about the bike that he loved so much.

3speedslow

Our condolences for your loss.

OldsCOOL

Glad you posted over here.