I looked at that pink frameset. The fork didn't look original to me - odd crown, more like an old Raleigh Gran Sport or International. Was I seeing things, Trek-ophiles?
Greg Parker
A2 MI USA
> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:50:40 -0400
> From: "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>
> To: "Classicrendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Subject: [CR]Was - record pages - now Trek
>
> >>>>>The same seller has a nice Trek 770 frame from the mid 80's, one of =
> Trek's
> best ever steel frames, still under $100 with two days to go.
> I purchased a Trek 700 series frame from this seller awhile back and=20
> before he sent he cleaned it up and found a
> couple of more very minor blemishes and knocked another $80 off the=20
> frame... Two very small paint chips.
>
> Final cost was around $200 on a excellent condition frame w/Cinelli BB=20
> shell, S/R Headset and Bottom Bracket!
>
> Mike Wilkinson
> Parker, CO<<<<
>
> That Trek is one of Trek's nicer later model frames. I believe it's an =
> '86 because of the Pepto Bismol pink paint, which is a hint when dating =
> Trek's frames. I have an '85 which was originally aqua. Or was the =
> pink before the aqua? Skip?
>
> The 770's were sold as framesets, and as a 770R with a S-Rec (reduced) =
> group. The paint wasn't much, but they're pretty nicely made for =
> "production" bikes, and have nice lugs.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/
>
> Here's the same frame with a spiffy repaint:
>
> http://www.imagestation.com/
> 0e6c/fe035fcd.jpg.orig.jpg
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Falls Church VA