I have a Trek 520 that I used as a commuter and loaded tourer for many years. When I bought it in 1989 I had the LBS switch out the 105 cranks for MB cranks as it too thought it didn't have sufficiently low gears for touring. Over the years I made lots of upgrades and made it as close to a Rivendell ride as possible. The original Bontrager rims developed cracks at the spoke holes so I built Dyad wheels with a SON hub for generator lights. Can't say enough positive things about having headlight and tailights available at all times! Last summer I bought a Hunqapillar for these duties and modified the Trek to be a city bike, with flat bars and a single chainring. The Hunq is a vast improvement over the Trek. It has that "Rivendell" ride where the Trek was solid but kind of dead. Still keeping the Trek as it has a lot of sentimental value and was there before I drank the Rivendell Kool-aid. Steve
From: Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: [RBW] Re: Upgrading my Trek 520? BTW, just found a more recent picture of the Trek 520, which I uploaded here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexkerr/6638127641/ Shows the current setup better...-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
