Wow, that's a seriously great looking bike! I'm a 57 y/o bike noob, but I just bought an early 90's Bridgestone MB that I want to convert to single speed. Wish me luck!
I'd spend the rest of my days finding some clear grips for it.. Nice setup.. You peaked my interest, would the 3X work with the 10 speed if needed? Now I want to build a 30 speed, or maybe a 36 speed...
I have an old "MTN TEK Vertical" bike that I've been fixing up and riding that looks a lot like this. Bought it new way back when. Are they maybe actually the same company?
Got an old Trek 950 from eBay and after cleaning it looks almost like NOS, that was simply very dirty. Hard to believe. Now I am tempted to do this 1x10 setup as well. Just wondering, the original cassette was 7sp, which means a narrow rear frame triangle. For 1x10 you need 135mm width, which is wider. Did you stretch the steel frame or did you simply squeeze the rear wheel into that slightly too narrow frame? 🤔
I sent my 96 frame to spicer cycles In and he put a rear disc brake mount and a underside h20 bottle mounts. This is an incredibly strong frame I have been abusing it since 05
I did a 1x9 conversion on a 1990 Fisher CR7 last year, and with the addition of some Oddmone bars, a bmx stem and a dropper post, it's been a lot of fun on tight singletrack up here in Ventura and the Santa Monica mountains.
I picked up a Trek 820 Mountain Trek with a ChroMoly frame Sugino drive wheels and Shimano Altus derailures. I am about to go through it now, a full service, and upgrade the seat post to a Cane Creek Thud buster as I have lower back issues
I have been riding my 1994 Trek 820 Mountain Track for over 30 years. I won it in a contest at my orthodonist's office in my teens and have ridden the hell out of it. All terrains, all weather, extremely well built and reliable. The bike is absolutely worth it! Although my Trek is no longer ergonomically suitable for me (4 spinal surgeries: don't get old!) I am having a hard time parting with it. I hope I can find someone like you who will appreciate it for what it is!
@@LockedinCycling Thats nice. I'm building up an old trek 7000 with cantilevers and they don't work very well. I'm going to switch them out for v-brakes
You can do so much with these old 26ers. I picked up an old late 80’s Hardrock last summer and converted it to 1x9 drop bar with full fenders. It is surprising comfortable and fast.
I have a 97 Rockhopper FS. It has the cro-moly frame. The drivetrain is STX, fork is Rockshox indy-C. I have one of those long titanium stems and the handlebar extensions. I want to keep it stock as much as possible except for seat, grips, tires. If I go one by I will use the existing cranks because it looks rad. It is a specialized crank. If I threw a raceface chainring with some anadized bolts it would be an eye catcher.
Just picked up an original 1993 950, it’s so clean but I want to put on some thicker road tires. Anyone have any recommendations would love your guys insights.
I love that bike. I got the Snap On promotional edition. It's great , but the bb sits really low. Perfect for a basket rack and fishing, but not great for fast xc singletrack.
I ride my old 90s mtb a ton. It's a blast. I had upgrades the bars and stem, but recently switched back to the old school long and narrow setup and it's even more fun. It's a horrible mountain bike, but makes for a great street cruiser and gravel bike.
Awesome video - that bike is a beauty! The finish is perfect. Regarding the drivetrain setup, I would have kept the 2x10 setup to provide the range you won't get with a single chainring and a 36T cassette. Lived it, and the 36T just doesn't work as a 1x - for me, anyway. 🙂 I have a Hoo Koo E Koo sitting around that needs this kind of love... Regardless, these 26" bikes are waaaay overlooked - for now.
I have my trek vw jetta from high school that I'm planning to do exactly this with. Mine needs a new fork as it's ightly bent but it's going to be more modern
Beautiful bike!! And super clean! I have a lugged 970 that is getting new brake pads, seat, stem, and Michelin Country Rock 26x1.75 tires as they roll so easy. Do you want to sell the XT stuff that you removed? I sure could use it for my old Trek
I love vintage bike's thanks for the video I got lucky and purchased a Trek 800 24 speed mountain bike for 20 bucks just needed some lube and tune smooth as butter now
I would keep the original 3 Deore LX. I have it my my early 90’s MB-3. Tempted to put friction shifting, the original Deore LX rapid fire inter grated ones are often sloppy. What rapid fire shifter? Cool bike.
These great steel bikes are the Volkswagen Beetle of the 2 wheel world. There’s so many of them pretty well cared for with lifetimes of service in them nice job looks great. I’m spiffing up my trek neko.
Today I bought a 1996 Trek 8000 ZX for $19.99. A 20 dollar bill basically. Easton version gray with green neon decked out with all the top end stuff. Not a lot of scuffs or scrapes Ready to ride out of Goodwill It is good to have old things.
I have a 1999 Trek Single Track 820 in very condition, however id like to change out the 8 speed class for an 11 if possible, if not then a 10. Bars, shifters and break levers are upgraded, it had grip shifters and I didn’t care them. RockShox Recon Silver TK shocks replaced those original slightly curved forks. Tires have to be changed out, thinking the ones you put on this bike will work quite well.
nice.. I've rebuilt a couple of these. they are a great base when you can find a good used one (or two) sympathetic restomod with the 1x drive. It is hard finding the older parts, especially XT and XTR at realistic prices these days.
Bro... did it still have the bike shop sticker? Mine does I'll come back to the comments and post where it's from bc I cant recall right now. Us socal cyclists gotta stick together. Keep it socal... Russ jumped ship, but we got this fam
Late to the party on this one , didn’t expect a response! This is one of my favorite channels, I’m restoring an 91 S-works right now I will have to ask my 19 year old how to do instagram so I can send you the pictures, it will match my 91 carbon Allez I’m a classic bike guy.
I have a 1993 trek 7000 😎 aluminium frame with smooth seamless welds with a Threadless fork I think trek downgraded their frames on their midrange bikes after 1993 because people weren’t buying their more expensive bikes lol
That is not a 1994. In 1994 Trek did not make the lugged version. The last year for the lugged singletracks were made in 1993. After that they were all tig welded.
Are town has a lotta new treks an older restored mid 90s treks and a few specialized ..and then theres the hi end guys but there usually with there wives riding ..otherwise there probably ripping trails and bike parkss.. im 53 ill stick to light trails 😂 bike parks are insane not messing with that 😊
My '89 Fuji Sundance ( bought it brand new! ) has been through a lot of permutations over the decades, some better than others. A very short vid of what has been my favorite so far: th-cam.com/video/V7rG_8TUDj0/w-d-xo.html Currently riding it in a 2x7 configuration (put the 2x9 shifters & cassette on a different "vintage" bike) a pretty decent errands/commuter bike.
Trust me I wanna come back, I’m working over full time at my new job since TH-cam full time after a year couldn’t pay the bills. I have few videos I’m working on just wanna have some ready to post when I get the time to post somewhat regularly
@@LockedinCycling I can understand that. I just wanted to let you know that I miss and appreciate your content. I’ll be there to watch it when it returns.
@@LockedinCycling True…but still not a “freewheel” hub. As I would assume you know, a freewheel contains the bearings within the unit (cogs and body) which then threads as a complete unit onto the hub…very different from any of the iterations of cassettes over the years. I just thought it was a funny slip of the tongue.
Wow, that's a seriously great looking bike! I'm a 57 y/o bike noob, but I just bought an early 90's Bridgestone MB that I want to convert to single speed. Wish me luck!
These bikes are very underrated. Hopefully this inspires people to find one.
Yes just purchased one for £40
Hopefully it’ll inspire company’s to build bikes like these ones again
I'd spend the rest of my days finding some clear grips for it.. Nice setup.. You peaked my interest, would the 3X work with the 10 speed if needed? Now I want to build a 30 speed, or maybe a 36 speed...
I have an old "MTN TEK Vertical" bike that I've been fixing up and riding that looks a lot like this. Bought it new way back when. Are they maybe actually the same company?
I still ride my TREK 950 that I bought new in 1989. Solid bikes
Got an old Trek 950 from eBay and after cleaning it looks almost like NOS, that was simply very dirty. Hard to believe. Now I am tempted to do this 1x10 setup as well. Just wondering, the original cassette was 7sp, which means a narrow rear frame triangle. For 1x10 you need 135mm width, which is wider. Did you stretch the steel frame or did you simply squeeze the rear wheel into that slightly too narrow frame?
🤔
Cassette fit on original hub body no issues that was first thing I checked before doing it
I have the same bike. I put an old MAG21 1 inch air fork on it to keep it period correct. I think mine is an 89.
Black w "conch" decals is 93 if I'm not mistaken. One of the last Trek lugged frames. Thanks for showing this some love! SingleTracks never die!
You are correct. It's a 1993.
Beautiful build. I like the upgraded retro look.
Question though, how do you get a 10 speed "cassette" on a wheel with a 7 speed freewheel"?
It was a 7 speed free hub body cassette so 10 speed works, if yours is a free wheel it’s time for a new wheel or you relacd it with a new hub
I sent my 96 frame to spicer cycles In and he put a rear disc brake mount and a underside h20 bottle mounts. This is an incredibly strong frame I have been abusing it since 05
I did a 1x9 conversion on a 1990 Fisher CR7 last year, and with the addition of some Oddmone bars, a bmx stem and a dropper post, it's been a lot of fun on tight singletrack up here in Ventura and the Santa Monica mountains.
I’ve owned a couple of those Trek USA lugged 950s: fantastic bikes! Bravo👏
dope bike.. im working on a 730 multitrack.. what pedals are those???
They came with the bike there a platform / clip in pedal
Nice.. they look like old school bear trap pedals.. I like the look..
I have a 93 950 with the lugged OX frame. Love it! Rides so nice. ISO the original seat post and saddle.
I picked up a Trek 820 Mountain Trek with a ChroMoly frame Sugino drive wheels and Shimano Altus derailures. I am about to go through it now, a full service, and upgrade the seat post to a Cane Creek Thud buster as I have lower back issues
I have been riding my 1994 Trek 820 Mountain Track for over 30 years. I won it in a contest at my orthodonist's office in my teens and have ridden the hell out of it. All terrains, all weather, extremely well built and reliable. The bike is absolutely worth it! Although my Trek is no longer ergonomically suitable for me (4 spinal surgeries: don't get old!) I am having a hard time parting with it. I hope I can find someone like you who will appreciate it for what it is!
Did the almost the same thing with a 91 trek 800 antelope. It’s my street bike-coffee getter. Nice stuff!
Yea totally have gotten / made coffee on this rig two videos ago
How are the cantilevers working?
Bikes been sold but they were fine when I owned it
@@LockedinCycling Thats nice. I'm building up an old trek 7000 with cantilevers and they don't work very well. I'm going to switch them out for v-brakes
how good,sturdy and reliable is a trek 820 compared to this one?
What size is the seat post?
Love those old Treks.
You can do so much with these old 26ers. I picked up an old late 80’s Hardrock last summer and converted it to 1x9 drop bar with full fenders. It is surprising comfortable and fast.
did you have any trouble going from traditional flat bar levers to aero levers?
Solid build. Love my 26er. I use mine as a cargo errand bike with some fast Billy Bonkers and a Orgin8 messenger rack. 👍👍
I've got a 90s Bridgestone MB-5 with some moustache bars, fenders, velocity Cliffhangers polished, and a front basket. With a brooks B17. I love it.
Saw a trek 930 shx mint today. They were stuck at $300. Just a bit too high to pull trigger...did I miss out?
Buy
I have a 97 Rockhopper FS. It has the cro-moly frame. The drivetrain is STX, fork is Rockshox indy-C. I have one of those long titanium stems and the handlebar extensions. I want to keep it stock as much as possible except for seat, grips, tires. If I go one by I will use the existing cranks because it looks rad. It is a specialized crank. If I threw a raceface chainring with some anadized bolts it would be an eye catcher.
Just picked up an original 1993 950, it’s so clean but I want to put on some thicker road tires. Anyone have any recommendations would love your guys insights.
Depends on ur clearance and what tread your looking for Maxxis and panaracer have alot of 26inch tire options
This is the bike you were telling me about in the shop today!
I love that bike. I got the Snap On promotional edition. It's great , but the bb sits really low. Perfect for a basket rack and fishing, but not great for fast xc singletrack.
I ride my old 90s mtb a ton. It's a blast. I had upgrades the bars and stem, but recently switched back to the old school long and narrow setup and it's even more fun. It's a horrible mountain bike, but makes for a great street cruiser and gravel bike.
I returned to the long narrow and it’s spicier although I did switch from a 110 to a 80 mm stem it’s a blast
Is it light ish? Ox II frame
I don’t remember the weight I wanna say around 26/28
Hey man, noticed your instagram is gone. Is the channel not coming back?
Do wider tires better for off-roading?
@@matthewcain2880 yes
@@LockedinCycling ty
Awesome video - that bike is a beauty! The finish is perfect. Regarding the drivetrain setup, I would have kept the 2x10 setup to provide the range you won't get with a single chainring and a 36T cassette. Lived it, and the 36T just doesn't work as a 1x - for me, anyway. 🙂
I have a Hoo Koo E Koo sitting around that needs this kind of love...
Regardless, these 26" bikes are waaaay overlooked - for now.
It’s from fix it sticks
I have my trek vw jetta from high school that I'm planning to do exactly this with. Mine needs a new fork as it's ightly bent but it's going to be more modern
That was your last video... And 9 months ago. What's happening with you? Hope you are alright.
Beautiful bike!! And super clean! I have a lugged 970 that is getting new brake pads, seat, stem, and Michelin Country Rock 26x1.75 tires as they roll so easy.
Do you want to sell the XT stuff that you removed? I sure could use it for my old Trek
I'm building a trek 850 . Thanks for shar6your build .
I love vintage bike's thanks for the video I got lucky and purchased a Trek 800 24 speed mountain bike for 20 bucks just needed some lube and tune smooth as butter now
Looks awesome!! Well done!
Got a 94 Trek 850 I'm looking to get back on. It's a great bike.
I have a trek antelope 800, it runs and what makes it more special to me is that it has 24 inch tires and smaller frame. What is your Instagram?
What is the frame size? Nice bike.
It’s a 19inch
I would keep the original 3 Deore LX. I have it my my early 90’s MB-3. Tempted to put friction shifting, the original Deore LX rapid fire inter grated ones are often sloppy. What rapid fire shifter? Cool bike.
I have a old Trek Antelope that I’m planning to restore as well with a modern drivetrain.
Those climb really well. Name fits.
These great steel bikes are the Volkswagen Beetle of the 2 wheel world. There’s so many of them pretty well cared for with lifetimes of service in them nice job looks great. I’m spiffing up my trek neko.
Today I bought a 1996 Trek 8000 ZX for $19.99. A 20 dollar bill basically.
Easton version gray with green neon decked out with all the top end stuff. Not a lot of scuffs or scrapes
Ready to ride out of Goodwill
It is good to have old things.
This is sick i recently purchased a 26in bianchi and turned it into a commuter bike
Very cool bike 🚲🤙
hey man, we miss you!
I’ve been working on stuff to come back. Just been hard with working and trying to film
@@LockedinCycling looking forward to it!
I have a 1999 Trek Single Track 820 in very condition, however id like to change out the 8 speed class for an 11 if possible, if not then a 10. Bars, shifters and break levers are upgraded, it had grip shifters and I didn’t care them. RockShox Recon Silver TK shocks replaced those original slightly curved forks. Tires have to be changed out, thinking the ones you put on this bike will work quite well.
highly collectable
What size is the bike?
19 in I believe ,dm me on instagrm if your interested and I’ll double check later tonight
nice.. I've rebuilt a couple of these. they are a great base when you can find a good used one (or two) sympathetic restomod with the 1x drive. It is hard finding the older parts, especially XT and XTR at realistic prices these days.
Can you explain what this means? I have 4 older Trek mtbs but find the available options confusing for modernizing being new to this. Thanks!
Beautiful bike
Dude. Those old XT parts are probably worth more than you paid for the bike. Put them on ebay.
Where are you?
All my old mountain bikes have 30 speeds, I am building a Gary Fisher Hookoo Ekoo with XTR 980/XT 780 30 speeds made of True Temepr Optibutted steel
Bro... did it still have the bike shop sticker?
Mine does I'll come back to the comments and post where it's from bc I cant recall right now.
Us socal cyclists gotta stick together.
Keep it socal...
Russ jumped ship, but we got this fam
I’ll have to check I don’t remember seeing one on it
This is a 93, the 94 was black chrome with purple decals.
95 was Saturn silver with purple decals.
So, a word of advice for creators, less and more bike, this problem happens on a lot of amateur channels, you will get more audience. trust me.
Very cool!
Late to the party on this one , didn’t expect a response! This is one of my favorite channels, I’m restoring an 91 S-works right now I will have to ask my 19 year old how to do instagram so I can send you the pictures, it will match my 91 carbon Allez I’m a classic bike guy.
I can't believe you left those cantilever brakes on there. Those things are the worst.
Steel for life!
I have a 1993 trek 7000 😎 aluminium frame with smooth seamless welds with a Threadless fork
I think trek downgraded their frames on their midrange bikes after 1993 because people weren’t buying their more expensive bikes lol
That is not a 1994. In 1994 Trek did not make the lugged version. The last year for the lugged singletracks were made in 1993. After that they were all tig welded.
Well then jts a 93 🤪
My lugged 950 has a 1994 ( March) frame stamping on the BB so there might be a few around ..HTH
@@LockedinCycling Love your build by the way..
no more videos? why.
New job haven’t had much time to film and edit, I’m trying to get some created and post again
@@LockedinCyclingplease open a instagram or similar
@@alexdelli2 instagram.com/lockedincycling?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= here’s the Instagram link
@@LockedinCycling great! Thank you!!!
I love my trek T900 tandem I converted into a gravel grinder for me and my kid and enjoy the ride feel a lot more
You must be joking that bike would be stolen the first time you locked it on the street,I had my Trek 970 stolen last year in NYC!
Are town has a lotta new treks an older restored mid 90s treks and a few specialized ..and then theres the hi end guys but there usually with there wives riding ..otherwise there probably ripping trails and bike parkss.. im 53 ill stick to light trails 😂 bike parks are insane not messing with that 😊
My '89 Fuji Sundance ( bought it brand new! ) has been through a lot of permutations over the decades, some better than others. A very short vid of what has been my favorite so far:
th-cam.com/video/V7rG_8TUDj0/w-d-xo.html
Currently riding it in a 2x7 configuration (put the 2x9 shifters & cassette on a different "vintage" bike) a pretty decent errands/commuter bike.
I miss your YT channel and posts. Why did you throw in the towel and stop posting?
Trust me I wanna come back, I’m working over full time at my new job since TH-cam full time after a year couldn’t pay the bills. I have few videos I’m working on just wanna have some ready to post when I get the time to post somewhat regularly
@@LockedinCycling I can understand that. I just wanted to let you know that I miss and appreciate your content. I’ll be there to watch it when it returns.
@@thisishowiedewitt76 🥹🥹🥹 thanks howie! I wish it coulda worked full time I miss it
Kool
sweet dont sell itt dats,a keeper trust me...
Fork is bent!
1:30. “Freewheel style hub body, so I could put a 10 speed cassette on”…🤖does not compute!
Some bikes of this era used a threaded on cassette style rear hub which limits your options to 6-8 speed cassettes .
@@LockedinCycling True…but still not a “freewheel” hub. As I would assume you know, a freewheel contains the bearings within the unit (cogs and body) which then threads as a complete unit onto the hub…very different from any of the iterations of cassettes over the years. I just thought it was a funny slip of the tongue.
So in lockedin fashion this is gonna have 1 or 2 uploads and then fall in the line of incomplete vlog series by lockedin. 😆
Wrong , I did it all in a single episode 🤌🏽