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  • £20 Bargain Shed find. What year is this old steel Trek hardtail???
  • coastkid
    Free Member

    My girlfriend bought this from a farmer for £20!,

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 002[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 003[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 004[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

    It has hardly been used and seems to be all original spec with little use except through farm crap and straw!. Only needed a rear inner gear cable, cable outers lubed, rear brake shoes,and the inner tubes juiced with some Stans to prevent thorn punctures around here. Even the chain has life left in it!,
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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 005[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

    Sprayed down with Neilsons Products costic Truck Wash power washer soap it has come up ok!, and will make here an ideal hack to the pub and her horses etc…
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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 006[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 007[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 008[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 009[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 010[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

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    TREK 830; brought back to life! 011[/url] by coastkid71[/url], on Flickr

    Anyway what year do you folks think it is?, Googling around seems to say RST suspension forked 830 bikes were alloy, but this frame is steel?

    Still for £20 it is a not to bad an option for cheap shops and pub transport! 🙂

    Thanks in advance for any replies of year info! 🙂

    Posted 10 years ago
    geoffj
    Full Member

    I’d say mid to late 90s – 97 perhaps.

    Posted 10 years ago
    njee20
    Free Member

    Later than that, 1999 I think from the decals.

    Posted 10 years ago
    boxelder
    Full Member

    So last century

    Posted 10 years ago
    hebdencyclist
    Free Member

    Do you still have any of the original Shimano drivetrain? Check the serial numbers against this chart

    Posted 10 years ago
    parkesie
    Free Member

    99 i think as a friend had one i was however drunk and stonned untill 2002 so its all a bit hazzy.

    Posted 10 years ago
    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    I had the choice of that Trek or Specialized Rockhopper – until Rik at Mabie bike shed offered a silly deal on an Orange Clockwork.
    Those RST forks have no damping apart from friction, and used to freeze and not work so well…mainly die to how much water got sat the seals…
    That was in 1998 I am sure.

    Posted 10 years ago
    hebdencyclist
    Free Member

    8spd Alivio/Acera? 1in threadless steerer? I call 2000

    Posted 10 years ago
    hydrophil
    Free Member

    Im going 1998 looking at the steerer as well, definitely pre-2000 though

    Posted 10 years ago
    tacopowell
    Free Member

    Girlfriend? Better get a ring on her!

    Posted 10 years ago
    toppers3933
    Free Member

    1999.

    Posted 10 years ago
    mtbmatt
    Free Member

    Bontrager tyres would suggest late 90’s at a minimum.

    Posted 10 years ago
    mcnultycop
    Full Member

    http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=1999&brand=Trek&model=830+AL}

    Looks like a 99 on bikepedia, but that is alloy.

    Posted 10 years ago
    hebdencyclist
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    Just looked through an unhealthy number of 1990s Trek catalogues (including unfortunate Lance Armstrong content) but can’t place the bike. A couple of things: I think the model was named “Mountain Track” or “Mt Track” in the US, and seems to have come with a different component spec and different colours. Those forks on yours may well have been an aftermarket buy. I’d suspect the stem was too.

    All 1990s Trek catalogues available as PDFs on Retrobike. You know more about the bike than me – you may be able to find it in one of them.

    Posted 10 years ago
    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Tall, ain’t she?

    Posted 10 years ago
    downgrade
    Free Member

    1999 but it says here aluminum

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    edit: beaten to it by 5 minutes/15 years

    Posted 10 years ago
    toppers3933
    Free Member

    Worked for a trek dealer 96-2002 and it was defo during that period. They offered a couple of colour options quite regularly so it may be that there isn’t a pic in the brochure, just a small colour swatch. I defo think 1999. Later model years dropped the higher steel bikes (830 etc).

    Posted 10 years ago
    hebdencyclist
    Free Member

    Looks like Trek painted up some old steel frames for the UK market and added the 1999 decals

    Posted 10 years ago
    AnyExcuseToRide
    Free Member

    But cow shit is THE hardest thing in the world to clean off once it dries on!

    Posted 10 years ago
    coastkid
    Free Member

    Thanks folks, 99 it looks like then 🙂
    Cow poo does indeed take a bit cleaning!,
    Cynic Al – Aye she is! Dutch and 6ft, Long legs indeed 😆

    I have owned a few bikes over the years that were UK/Euro models of bikes that differed to the US range,
    Like this John Deere Green Cannondale Killer V as described in the catologue- a rebadged Delta V which was an export model for Europe 🙂

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    Posted 10 years ago
    iamroughrider
    Free Member

    looks mint. Guessing 98-2002 ish

    Posted 10 years ago
    drlex
    Free Member

    1999 looks right to me; good bargain & nice to know that it’s got a second chace. Embarrassingly I still have a brace of 930s from the Nineties (’97 & ’98) – used by wife and daughter #1 for occasional forays.

    Posted 10 years ago
    cliffyc
    Free Member

    It is a MY 1999,I used to work in a LBS and I remember the big seller that year for the shop was the Trek 7000,which came in gold metallic,saw one last year,still had the original groupset on it, nice.You got a bargain there for £20!.

    Posted 10 years ago
    cinnamon_girl
    Full Member

    I have a very old Trek Singletrack, will need to check the model number. It’s blue, actually rides nicely except for the old-skool geometry. Had the gears taken off which was, er, interesting but now restored. Paint work is pretty good. Forks are Manitou.

    I would take a pic except the V brakes aren’t sorted and it’s without pedals and saddle so would be a tad ashamed!

    Posted 10 years ago
    weare138
    Free Member

    Is it worth owt?

    Posted 10 years ago
    littlelordfauntleroy
    Free Member

    Pics please of GF with long legs please ?

    Posted 10 years ago
    BlindMelon
    Free Member

    I bought this 830 in 2000 so I would suggest 1999

    Posted 10 years ago
    sutty
    Free Member

    a workmate was given the same bike in black a couple of years ago & he still uses it in summer for the odd trip to work & for a twice a year trip to the Isle of Man for the TT ! Think it’s 1999 model by the way 😉

    Posted 10 years ago
    flap_jack
    Free Member

    Newer than my best bike ! (’96 Zaskar)

    Posted 10 years ago
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