Just like some insight on how well you think this was done. I was stoked to see a steel trek with modern components, but upon looking at it this looks like a singletrack or mountaintrack converted to 700c, almost tricking me into thinking it was some kind of 520
by 420Bikin
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That was always a 700c bike. A 26″ bike would have had canti posts on the fork and seat stays.
It’s not a 520 or a multitracks either. Those would have also had canti brakes.
This looks like an early 90s road frame with a flat bar conversion. The paint job also looks kinda hacky.
You can see where the brake bosses have been cut off. This is not a multitrack
These rim brake calipers work fine for a City bike. With long full hand levers their performance is pretty close to your average MTB-Cantis but a bit worse than V-brakes.
The rear seatstay bridge was never meant to hold the load of a brake caliper, but since the frame is welded steel and that part is not particularly thin, it will probably hold just fine. Plus you don’t need brake boosters for those , single fastener point = less strain in the seatstays.
At first i thought this is pretty well done, but then i see that the headset is painted over. That is a flaw for me. he either didn’t care to mask it or he didn’t know that this will become a problem for the paint when you replace those bearings. I would look very closely how many more of these things are hidden here.
Front brake pads are backwards and those even tell you which side they go on so the seller can’t read for starters….
Rear shift housing is kinked in 2 spots so that’ll need to be replaced to work properly.
$50-100 in my area.
Haha guess we live in the same area. Did you not see the lugged 970 single track? It’s the same price and much cooler bought 2 bikes recently and almost bought that one too
Not a good job of body work and refinishing, but mechanically, it is very difficult to up size. ( I painted cars semi professionally for many years, so I will be very critical on body work) Fairly good job in that way. I’ve done 5 downsizing conversions, but never thought of going upsize. Kudos for the attempt. As you can see here, the brakes are the major problem in an upsize. Also, actually a bit surprising that the wheels fit in that well. As another noted, rider is going to have problems with foot into front wheel.
Me no likey. It starts at the painted-over headset and just gets worse.
If you don’t have the tools to remove and install a headset it means you’re not a serious mechanic who knows what they’re doing.
Like you went through the trouble to mask off the brand name but didn’t mask off the headset? Come on.
What else was this bike hiding that you needed to do a rushed crappy paint job like this?
From the position of the brake posts on the fork, as well as the clearances and long-reach calipers, this kind of just looks like a small size 700c bike that they took the brake posts off for some reason.
Cool bike, if it’s cheap and u need it then go for it
Looks sus, hard pass
Not a fan. It’s a decent looking frame but I’d pass for many reasons people stated.
The fork looks front-ended.
Eek. Butchered for no good reason, poorly painted (over the headset?!), cast calipers instead of forged (which definitely matters with x-long reach calipers if you ever ride aggressive or distracted & brake late)…
I’d pass unless it was $10 or less.
26″ to 700c is going the wrong direction. The only reason to change wheel sizes is so you can fit fatter rubber than a frame was designed for. This is an abomination.