Ryan, I have a 61cm 1984 Trek that fits your description to a tee. I have thought about selling it from time to time because the fit and ride is almost identical to my 62cm Ramboulet. Maybe this is the time to do it. Trek advertised this as a "touring bike" but it is really a sport touring bike. Reynolds 531C steel, standard size. They put canti studs on it to try to make it look like a touring bike but the brake reach is actually 57 and I now run a pair of Campy Grand Sport Side Pulls. (their touring version of the old NR) brakes, but the original DiCompes work fine with 700c wheels. You can just squeeze 32 mm tires under SKS fenders, but 28s are optimal, much like the Ramboulet. This bike climbs very well and is rock solid on hi speed descents, exactly like the Ram.
These photos are a few years old http://gallery.me.com/mhechmer#100014 but scratch wise it's not much different today. I have some different components on it now. It has a brand new & expensive Cane Creek HS. If you are interested I could sell the frameset, HS & BB for $600 plus shipping. I can also offer very good prices on most of the remaining components: Sugino 175 mm RD2 crank (48x34x26), 105FD, Ultegra (long)RD, DiCompe or Campy brakes, 105/Synergy wheels. Fair prices on Nitto bars, stem, seatpost, & silver BE or DT shifters. This vintage of bike didn't come with DT braze-ons, but with a little effort I'm sure you can come up with an old set of clamp on studs. The frame now has DT clamp on cable stops. BTW, my stand over is 91cm and have no trouble fitting on this bike. I ride with bars about 2 cm below the seat. I'm fairly tall waisted and so this bike currently has a 12cm nitto delux stem, but I have sometime thought a slightly shorter one would do fine. I use Frog petals and don't remember any TCO problem. With fenders and clips every bike I have ever ridden has at least some TCO . If you're interested I could take & send current photos. Michael Westford, Vt On Friday, April 6, 2012 2:24:45 PM UTC-4, HappyCamper wrote: > > I finally convinced the Mrs. to let me get a second bike (as long as I > only spend freelance money on it). I'm looking for a steel club ride type > of bike allowing me to continue packing useful racks and gadgets (dynamo > lighting!) on my touring bike and maybe even putting some albatross bars > and a springy saddle on it. > > I'm on the lookout for a 64cm (or close) road bike that will fit fenders > and 25s or 28s but not necessarily racks or anything. Downtube shifter > bosses a plus. This bike will be ridden on 4 hr or less rides where I try > and keep up with my pretend racer friends who like to ride really fast. A > nice long top tube would be great as I hate "toeverlap." > > Interested in frame only, or full bike. Time to thin your herd and let > someone ride it every day! In Seattle a huge plus but I don't mind paying > shipping. > > Iv'e checked ebay and CL and nothing interesting yet. If I don't find > anything soon I'll likely go with a Smoothie ES later this year. > > - Ryan > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/jwWXWMMbjxwJ. 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.
