I recently came into possession of a 1979 Trek 930 frame. The frame is almost completely stripped (parts *and* paint), which leads me to my two groups of questions. First, just what paint schemes were used in 1979 for the 930 model? Behind the head badge is a black or a very, very dark blue paint but that doesn't look original as the surface is rough. In the crook of the rear dropout is a blue sort of like the color of the blue masking tape used by house painters. That doesn't strike me as an original either.
The other group of questions has to do with braze ons. This bike has *one* shifter boss, on the right side, and cable guide on the BB, also on the right side. It also has top tube cable guides (two). The cable guides look to be sort of crude, not the level of quality one might expect on a Columbus or Reynolds tubing bike of that era (the 930 was Columbus tubing). The crudeness (to me) comes from style of tabs or flanges on either side of the guide, rather than having the brazing done underneith the guide. From the Trek brochures on Skip E.'s site, it says that the bikes come with a below the downtube tab to keep a clamp on shifter in place, and a cable stop for the rear der. only, but that custom braze ons can be requested. Anyone know of a Trek from this era that got factory custom braze ons and what they might look like?
I'm hoping to get a more original paint scheme done on this frame but I also am thinking of getting a second set of water bottle mounts, a pump peg on the head tube and replacing the top cable guides with a cable splitter located at about 7 o'clock on the top tube.
Regarding the color schemes, I've looked on Skip's Trek site and the 1979 bikes there seem to have been repainted at least using later Trek schemes, or to be interpretations of what Trek could have done (frankly, I don't think Trek would have gone for something quite that nice, not for production bikes).
rob hawks
richmond, ca