When did the Trek 720 get soft?

Hi, I'd like to buy a Trek 720 just like the one I had as a kid.

It was most surely a road frame with flat bars and cantilever brakes. I
remember it was one of the original hybrids. I think mine was a 1994.

Was the 720 originally a touring bike?

Anyway, I know the new 720s have sloping top tubes and comfort-bike
leanings, and was wondering when they went soft. Then I'd know what
years to search for.

take a look through www.vintage-trek.com

Doesn't show the "fall of the 720". It's kind of a lost model anyway...
I remember there was a Consumer Reports review in like 1993 about the
"new hybrid bikes" that featured the 720.

bryanska wrote:
Doesn't show the "fall of the 720". It's kind of a lost model anyway...
I remember there was a Consumer Reports review in like 1993 about the
"new hybrid bikes" that featured the 720.

True, it doesn't go much past about 1988, but you can get a good review
of what TREK made in the '80s. A lot of this stock is showing up on
eBay these days. My local LBS aways trades to get used good used steel
for their shop inventory. Your's may have a bulletin board with some
postings. I have two older TREKs: a 620 touring triple and a 610 road
double. They are great frames: lugged, butted, 531. It's worth the
effort to locate one.

720's are really tough to find, since that was TREK's top touring frame
with all the racking braze-ons, the double eyelet dropouts, long
geometry, 47cm chainstays... A lot of folks, including me, would like
one.

Will

Yeah, I'm looking for one just like I used to have - lugged, butted 720
with a flat top tube. The 1992s I believe all came with flat bars and
Suntour thumb shifters. The old Multitrack logo looked like a road
disappearing into some hills.

I want to turn it into a tourer, so the whole thing doesn't need to be
in dynamite shape.

On 2005-08-15, bryanska wrote:

Hi, I'd like to buy a Trek 720 just like the one I had as a kid.

It was most surely a road frame with flat bars and cantilever brakes. I
remember it was one of the original hybrids. I think mine was a 1994.

Was the 720 originally a touring bike?

Yup. The original 720 was introduced in 1981 as a touring geometry frame
built from Reynolds 531 tubing. The first year of production had
Gran-Compe centerpulls and Suntour derailleurs, but subsequent years used
cantilever brakes (Gran-Compe or Shimano) and Huret duopar derailleurs.
After the first year they also had braze-ons for front and rear racks
installed, and the Andrew Hauge brake bridge had a nice threaded hole to
which you could mount your fenders..

--

John )

On 2005-08-16, Will wrote:

720's are really tough to find, since that was TREK's top touring frame
with all the racking braze-ons, the double eyelet dropouts,

Yeah, I spent a lot of time milling notches in dropouts and brazing on
eyelets in the early 80's...

--

John )

Yargh! I WANT ONE!

Let it be known across the land, whispered in the cloisters, yodeled
from the hillocks -

I will pay for a early 90's Trek 720. Visit www.theevilwebsite.com and
drop a comment in a recent post. I will contact you!

bryanska wrote:
Yargh! I WANT ONE!

Let it be known across the land, whispered in the cloisters, yodeled
from the hillocks -

I will pay for a early 90's Trek 720. Visit www.theevilwebsite.com and
drop a comment in a recent post. I will contact you!

There are a host of modern equivalents. Rivendell is almost a dead on
copy. Google for Heron bicycles. Look at the Waterford bicycle line.
The common denominators a

STEEL
cantilever brakes
fenders
bar end shifters
racks
slightly wider tires
longer wheelbase

By-the-by... You don't want a 90's bike. It is TIG welded. You want an
80's bike. It is lugged. Better construction. Keep an eye out for
Shimano 600 parts. They are the era's equivalent to Ultegra today.

"bryanska" wrote in message
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Yargh! I WANT ONE!

Let it be known across the land, whispered in the cloisters, yodeled
from the hillocks -

I will pay for a early 90's Trek 720. Visit www.theevilwebsite.com and
drop a comment in a recent post. I will contact you!

They turn up on eBay pretty regularly. I have my eye out as well.