Gallery - 1977 Trek TX900 owned by Cory Fry
A candidate for the most modified Trek
award.
Cory writes:
"This Trek, from what I seen from credible sources
(in contrast to what my memory tells me), started life as a TX900 (Columbus
tubing and the fastback seatstay). I purchased the frame/fork alone
from a shop in Northern California, but don't recall what the price
was. It came from the factory with a nice metallic blue finish, and
few braze on options. I assembled it with mostly Nuovo Record, that
it wore for a couple of years. Somewhere along, I concluded that it
really needed top tube cable guides, and a bottom bracket cable guide,
so to the brazers it went. It rolled around for a couple of years with
the same blue paint job, with new large primer sections, and new braze
ons. I believe it was another two years in, that the notion of riding
'cross seemed like a good idea, and the Trek was elected as the mount.
To the brazers it went again, for the canti bosses, and a new paint
job. It only ever saw two 'cross races, but a lot of 'winter bike' duty."
"Structural notes that could be made - Upon examining
the fastback, one would notice the rear brake cable housing stop. That
was added when the canti bosses were attached. As can be seen by the
first photo, it is a fixed gear these days. It's actually been converted
to fixed twice (the first time, it ended up with gear/derailers again
after one year). These days, it's strictly a 'go fer' bike, which sort
of explains the SPD pedals. The only shoes for 'walking' that I like,
are SPD compatible (all my other bikes are LOOK style). As of this writing,
the bike is going to have a rear rack added."
"I realize that if the two guys that founded TREK
see this, I should probably start running, and just keep going :-) It
just goes to show just what a perfectly good frame can mutate into given
an unsupervised cyclist free reign. If the frame on this breaks tomorrow,
I will figure I have gotten more than my moneys worth. It will always
be part of my collection, even if it sits broken in a corner, or as
the base of a lamp. Or maybe just as a 'go fer' bike..... Who knows."
Cory Fry
Northern California
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