Retro? 2003 Trek 1200 (meets 1990 Trek 1400)

[Captain Stupido]

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I've got a 1500 that I'm currently using as my Zwift bike - with Dura-Ae on it.
Previously used on the roads - it's a good frame.

I have a set of Bontrager Aero wheels that will suit it if you're interested

Cool... thanks... actually took a punt on some eBay Bontrager wheels... fingers crossed they're OK.

Take the opportunity to weigh bits as you clean them up - stem, seatpost, bars and brakes would be my first thought to check. You can use the Weightweenies website listings to see if you could get a decent saving.

And yes those Spa chainsets are stunning value and very good - I must have bought 5 or 6 over the years! Use a UN70/71/72 bottom bracket to save most weight. I bet the Trek one will be a nasty OE BB as heavy as an anchor.

Excellent, yep, will weigh everything... was going to leave the BB in as it's smooth enough - but decided to remove it so I could weigh everything.

Chainset I linked to is actually a Stronglight - SPA recommend and supply a Stronglight BB to match. Price and weight look quite good so I might go for it. Square taper UN7x are getting harder and harder to find it seems...

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Wheels are here. Not all that excited by them in the flesh - they're a bit mass produced and modern looking (what did I expect?) and not staggeringly light... I'm sure I have 90s MTB wheels that weigh less... maybe not. Spokes seem to have some corrosion under the paint but otherwise seem in pretty decent condition.

Still I think they're OK for what I paid, fairly appropriate for the bike, and they'll get me on the road. Maybe I'll build something nicer myself if I like the bike once it's ridable.

 

[Carge]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Those are bottom end modern Bontrager - but the bike would have been supplied with the period equivalent "Select" wheels.
I upgraded mine - several times - and so have a selection including XXX Carbons

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Those are bottom end modern Bontrager - but the bike would have been supplied with the period equivalent "Select" wheels.
I upgraded mine - several times - and so have a selection including XXX Carbons

Yeah I guess so. Good enough given the cost but admittedly a not particularly smart impulse purchase... as I say, if the bike floats my boat I can always upgrade at a later date... but I'd rather not chuck too much money at it in the short term.

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Right. Trying to decide what cassette to get for this... I want fairly low gears for the hills around here...

The mech has a short cage so on paper it's a 27t max cassette size and 29 teeth total capacity.

https://si.shimano.com/pdfs/si/SI-5TS0B-000-ENG.pdf

A 50/34 chainset uses up 16 of the 29 capacity leaving just 13t for the rear... so a 12-25t HG50 or 13-26t Miche Primato should work fine...

But with sensible shifting, could I get away with say a 13-28 Miche Primato?

Any thoughts here? Is swapping to a compact chainset pointless if I'm keeping the short cage mech?

:|

 

[Carge]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Or find a longer rear mech?

I'd certainly consider a compact chainset too

 

[Captain Stupido]

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Right... decided to ignore the specs and go for an 11-30 HG-50 cassette. It's pushing it but I reckon the mech will cope as long as I avoid small front/small back combinations. If not I'll swap out the mech. Hopefully with a 34t chainring on the front I'll be able to get around OK!

Compact chainset next... might wait until there's a bit more money in my PayPal account... :roll:

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Had half an hour spare so cleaned up the mechs. Both in decent nick, not too heavy IMO, and not even bad looking this generation of Tiagra.

Assuming they work OK with the cassette I've got no plans to change them... might give them a polish, mind.

 

[Captain Stupido]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Snapped off the QR lever on the rear brake trying to free it up this morning. That'll teach me to try to fix things when I'm hung over...

Oh well, it's an excuse to upgrade as Hamster suggests. Has anyone got anything?

 

[hamster]

Re: Retro? 2003 Trek 1200

Some brakes here (no link to seller): https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=140238