Best vintage Trek MTB find to date!
05-10-23, 07:50 PM
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Best vintage Trek MTB find to date!
I scooped this awesome Trek 890 today from FB marketplace. I often think of bikes in the same way fender guitars age. This is a closet classic! Great paint and it came with original manual with the hang tags!!! In the saddle bag was a park peanut butter wrench! The odometer says 1561 miles, but I haven’t tested the functionality yet. The only thing that looks to not be original is the stem. At some point it was switched to a high riser style. Easy to see why when you look at the original. Thanks for looking!!!
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05-10-23, 08:25 PM
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Nice one. I've always been intrigued by the 890. Won't see many longer chainstays than this. Perfect for cushy gravel riding, I would imagine.
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Wow nice find. Got more Treks in the garage than I care to admit. Not sure why, I’ve admitted far worse
plans?
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05-11-23, 07:11 AM
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Definitely a grail bike, don't think I've ever seen one in the wild, even here just down the road from the center of its universe. Last time I saw a brass Trek badge of that generation that shiny was when I bought my new 613 in '82. Bonus points for the Huret mechanical odo.
BTW, is there any significance to the fact that next to the pink Huffy is a can of gasoline?
BTW, is there any significance to the fact that next to the pink Huffy is a can of gasoline?
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Interesting that Trek made this a factory "hybrid-ified" version of their 1984 MTB lineup. Yours is in great shape!
05-11-23, 11:58 AM
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Definitely a grail bike, don't think I've ever seen one in the wild, even here just down the road from the center of its universe. Last time I saw a brass Trek badge of that generation that shiny was when I bought my new 613 in '82. Bonus points for the Huret mechanical odo.
BTW, is there any significance to the fact that next to the pink Huffy is a can of gasoline?
BTW, is there any significance to the fact that next to the pink Huffy is a can of gasoline?
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05-11-23, 12:04 PM
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Great find
I like the early trek lugged mtb. This one is extra cool because I think it has standard road bike tubing (1” top tube) so it should be really plush. Congrats
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While most recognize the early Stumpjumpers, fewer realize how nice the early Trek MTBs were. I've had two 1984 850s.
05-12-23, 12:37 AM
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beautiful. also great saddle! got to be original- preserve it as you won't find anything modern as good.
