I mean, you know us here at xbiking. The vision changes wildly from person to person. As for me personally, suspension forks aren’t my thing. Rigid fork, road 3x crankset with wide range cassette and long cage rear derailleur. Slick tires. Make it into an aggressive city cruiser with gears for everything from racing traffic to climbing mountains.
aerodeck on
– Wheelies
– Small to medium sized jumps
– No handed
– Skids
– Stoppies
Horror-Raisin-877 on
Rigid fork, drop bars, fenders and basket 🙂
theeculprit on
I’d change the saddle and chain. Brakes and wheels if it’s time. Take it on some old trails and have some fun.
OrDidI on
I’d get some green tires! 💚
machobiscuit on
shorter stem and raise up the bars a bit, maybe some bars with sweep, so you are in a more upright position and less weight and stress on your hands.
i’d say get a rigid fork, but that fork is probably pretty rigid by now, so there’s that.
Fenders and a basket maybe? depending on what you wanna do with it.
StillPissed on
Aside from giving everything some love, I’d go rigid fork, and more comfortable handle bars. Straight flat bars like that are brutal.
theguth on
Lots of great input in the thread already but you should also just search Trek 7000 in this sub. This exact model pops up often and there are a lot of builds to look at
Straight_Finger1776 on
I would do a coulpa laps around the block and then take a picture of it and ask r/xbiking to be jelly cause I have a perfect bike to do whatever I want. just me.
Longjumping_Swan_631 on
I would get an adjustable stem and upright handlebars. Then get some Maxxis Holy Rollers.
pocoyo_alucinado on
I had a trek 7000, easton aluminum frame, a great 26″
Quill to threadless adapter, riser stem, Velo Orange Seine bars, Ergon grips, 2.1” DTH tires, and a better saddle.
MikeoPlus on
It’s the front d cable routing for me
Ra6arJ4mmer on
-Find some cool saddle with a mint accent or plain black.
-Service the forks, remove red sticker, find/make mint sticker or go without.
-Service the hubs, remove dork disc and inspect rims for wear. Inspect brake pads.
-Check tires for dry rot.
-Test ride
-And then, if you were really me, find an old rack, round up some pannier bags and throw it up on the Internet as a touring bike, looking to make a reasonable profit so it’s worth your time and effort but not crazy expensive and get someone off down the trail on tour.
hotrodd1 on
Ride the piss out of it? Take it out to Mission Valley and ride it down the hidden stairs? Ride to OB for a sub at Pomas? Put a rack on the back for gorcery panniers and sel me car?
Transfer my stem and bars and the rack and basket and maybe buy a new chain.
shokenore on
M check and ride it.
niagarajoseph on
First; Removing that insulting Huffy seat and trash it. Huffy makes shit Walmart bikes. This IS a Trek.
New chain, cassette. New cables and housing. New tires and tubes. Definitely change the stem to something closer to your reach. And a nice wide handle bar. Oh, take them godly old pedals off too!
Now you got a bike that goes for $$$ on ebay. I believe this model was American Made and very sought after. They ride nice on a trail or on the street. Looks like a 70 degree head tube angle, but check out that low 70s seat tube angle. Damn, you’ll glide on a ride with a nice pair of fresh tires….
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I would ride it
I mean, you know us here at xbiking. The vision changes wildly from person to person. As for me personally, suspension forks aren’t my thing. Rigid fork, road 3x crankset with wide range cassette and long cage rear derailleur. Slick tires. Make it into an aggressive city cruiser with gears for everything from racing traffic to climbing mountains.
– Wheelies
– Small to medium sized jumps
– No handed
– Skids
– Stoppies
Rigid fork, drop bars, fenders and basket 🙂
I’d change the saddle and chain. Brakes and wheels if it’s time. Take it on some old trails and have some fun.
I’d get some green tires! 💚
shorter stem and raise up the bars a bit, maybe some bars with sweep, so you are in a more upright position and less weight and stress on your hands.
i’d say get a rigid fork, but that fork is probably pretty rigid by now, so there’s that.
Fenders and a basket maybe? depending on what you wanna do with it.
Aside from giving everything some love, I’d go rigid fork, and more comfortable handle bars. Straight flat bars like that are brutal.
Lots of great input in the thread already but you should also just search Trek 7000 in this sub. This exact model pops up often and there are a lot of builds to look at
I would do a coulpa laps around the block and then take a picture of it and ask r/xbiking to be jelly cause I have a perfect bike to do whatever I want. just me.
I would get an adjustable stem and upright handlebars. Then get some Maxxis Holy Rollers.
I had a trek 7000, easton aluminum frame, a great 26″
https://preview.redd.it/m3d2mmdg5qte1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=725eca058b67b79a1830f096ac44344670be4939
Quill to threadless adapter, riser stem, Velo Orange Seine bars, Ergon grips, 2.1” DTH tires, and a better saddle.
It’s the front d cable routing for me
-Find some cool saddle with a mint accent or plain black.
-Service the forks, remove red sticker, find/make mint sticker or go without.
-Service the hubs, remove dork disc and inspect rims for wear. Inspect brake pads.
-Check tires for dry rot.
-Test ride
-And then, if you were really me, find an old rack, round up some pannier bags and throw it up on the Internet as a touring bike, looking to make a reasonable profit so it’s worth your time and effort but not crazy expensive and get someone off down the trail on tour.
Ride the piss out of it? Take it out to Mission Valley and ride it down the hidden stairs? Ride to OB for a sub at Pomas? Put a rack on the back for gorcery panniers and sel me car?
Rigid fork, single speed, ride
https://preview.redd.it/mehgsjr2vqte1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=69415411c6e978b05382ddce254fd8aacf79e20e
Transfer my stem and bars and the rack and basket and maybe buy a new chain.
M check and ride it.
First; Removing that insulting Huffy seat and trash it. Huffy makes shit Walmart bikes. This IS a Trek.
New chain, cassette. New cables and housing. New tires and tubes. Definitely change the stem to something closer to your reach. And a nice wide handle bar. Oh, take them godly old pedals off too!
Now you got a bike that goes for $$$ on ebay. I believe this model was American Made and very sought after. They ride nice on a trail or on the street. Looks like a 70 degree head tube angle, but check out that low 70s seat tube angle. Damn, you’ll glide on a ride with a nice pair of fresh tires….