Comments on: Trek 720 Touring http://velocult.com/bikes/trek/ Portland Bike Shop, Bar, Cafe, Cultural Hub Sun, 19 May 2013 01:39:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: ernest b http://velocult.com/bikes/trek/#comment-1749 ernest b Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:55:20 +0000 http://velocult.com/?post_type=vc_bikes&p=6812#comment-1749 very pretty example; clearly an ’83 as evidenced by the cantilever brakes and the Pewter color. (these debuted in ’82 with centerpull caliper brakes and a Taupe paint scheme; i had one of each due to crashing my ’82.) by ’84, however, they were completely different; built with high-temperature electrodes instead of torches and very different lugs.

upper-level models of the ’82-’83 vintage would have been built with the “’08″ component gruppo that was offered at the time, which included Suntour Barcon shifters mated to Huret Duopar derailleurs, Spidel Stronglight tapered roller bearing headset, Suzue seald bearing hubs, and an SR Laprade seatpost… but to bring this most into full character what it needs is a Blackburn front Low Rider rack.

i put many miles on one much like this until it was removed from beneath me by a woman in a large convertible while on tour in Washington,…

great bike; production hand-built from the days when Trek actually made great bikes.

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