Drew....nice rebuild...I think those old high-quality mtn bikes are hidden gems and will last a lifetime...older 80's to 90's Treks were really nicely made. Hope you enjoy it; it looks rugged and practical
Infinity tubing is Tange's chrome moly seamed as opposed to seamless tubing...functionally and visually indetectable. The engineers among you with a metallurgy background can illuminate the difference On Monday, November 2, 2015 at 8:55:39 AM UTC-6, truegolden wrote: > > Very nicely done Drew. > > I really like your Trek rebuild. > > I expect you are going to enjoy many great rides on it. > > http://vintage-trek.com/images/trek/85All-Terrain.pdf > > I took a look at the specs on the vintage Trek site, Tange Prestige...nice. > > I am sure enjoying several rigid vintage mtb's I have rebuilt, two of them > Trek's but 5 years newer than yours (1990) > so the geometry changed by then. > > However, last week I picked up a 22" 1985 or 86 Diamondback Apex that has > pretty relaxed angles as well. > I completely disassembled it yesterday afternoon and hope to start the > rebuild today as the paint is pretty good > and a repaint/powdercoat is not necessary. It has double butted Infiniity > tubing. > I wonder what the main differences were between the Prestige and Infinity > of that era? > > Did you happen to weigh the frame? > I have been weighing the various vintage mtb frames b4 rebuilding and so > far 7.5 to 8.5 lbs is the range of the bare frame/fork > weights although I had one tank of a Hardrock that was 9.6 pounds for > bare frame and fork. Sold that one. > Of course all of mine have been 21,22, or 23" frames. > > These are cool bikes to build up on a budget. > I have done the donation/transfer of parts thing quite a few times. > > Safe pedaling, > > Paul in Dallas > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
