Re: [CR]Silver-Brazed Trek?

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

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To: john@os2.dhs.org, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Silver-Brazed Trek?
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:43:53 +0000


I agree with John Thompson. My new 1984 610 had full Shimano 600, but th previous year Trek 600 members had either other Shimano, or a lot of Suntour. Sorry to be vague, but I think the Vintage-Trek site is the best source of this history, beyond looking at original or nearly-original hardware.

Ken Freeman
Ann Arbor, MI


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From: John Thompson

> Carb7008@cs.com wrote:

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\r?\n> > According to 019210 serial #, this Trek is a 1982 Mod 730. Also according to

\r?\n> > Vintage-Trek, the 1984 catalog mentions both silver and brass brazing

\r?\n> > utilized. Since this is a higher-end 1982 frame, am I correct in assuming it

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\r?\n> > silver-brazed?

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\r?\n> Yes, that should be in the time line of silver-brazed frames.

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\r?\n> > Now if I build her back up, would correct gruppo be NR or what else? She

\r?\n> > came to me a couple of years ago wearing Shimano 600...I guess that could be

\r?\n> > correct if originally purchased as a frameset.

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\r?\n> Campy or Suntour Superbe would be good. I don't think the 700 series

\r?\n> frames ever used Shimano 600 from the factory anyway.

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\r?\n> John (john@os2.dhs.org)

\r?\n> Appleton WI USA