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I am getting back into shape after many many years of unhealthy living and I use to ride big time but in the last 25 years have let myself try and destroy myself. but I ahve now lost 75 pounds and want to start riding again. I am looking for a bike to use to comute to and from my buisness and I have access to a Trel 850 made in 1994, it's in ok shape, wheels are true, new crank, needs a back tire, shifters don't match but work fine. paint ok but it is a 94 after all. Is this bike worth $125.
I have lots of weight to loose stil but riding will help.

Any info will help, thanks
Dano
 

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Not a '94?

Splitting hairs here but that may not be a '94. Far as I know, the '94 850s came in 2 colors/color combinations. The full rigid was a purple-to-black, front-to-back fade and the front suspension model was a solid bluish silver, if memory serves me. Maybe a '93?

Congrats on the weight loss accomplishment and the decision to get back to a healthy lifestyle. Biking is an amazing way to make it happen.

Oh, <$100
 
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Whether it's worth 125 or not depends on the selection in your area. When I looked for a used bike for a commuter a few years back, the selection in my area was pretty weak, so I probably wouldn't have had too much of a problem paying 125 for an old lower-end rigid providing everything was in working order. You can probably find a better deal if you have enough time to invest searching one out, but sometimes it's worth it to just pay a few bucks more to avoid the hassle (to me at least). It is only a commuter.

Newer used mtb's will probably come with a crappy overweight deteriorating suspension fork, so in that respect the old rigids are actually worth more when looking for a commuter.
 
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Hey NC

Not to jack this thread, but how is your SS conversion working out? Just curious as you don't seem to have a chain tensioner and that frame has RD style dropouts. I still have my rigid fork and wouldn't mind converting to something similar but I don't really like the idea of going to a 1" steerer and quill stem again.
 
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Malibu412 said:
Not to jack this thread, but how is your SS conversion working out? Just curious as you don't seem to have a chain tensioner and that frame has RD style dropouts. I still have my rigid fork and wouldn't mind converting to something similar but I don't really like the idea of going to a 1" steerer and quill stem again.
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well I have a half link so it reduces the size of the chain which make a 36:18 ratio effective . you have to find the magic ratio for the chainstay length you have . If you decide to do this you just get cogs 16-20 to find a ratio that takes up a good amount of slack.

i still have slack in the chain but its not enoough to use a tensioner
 
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Dano59 said:
I am getting back into shape after many many years of unhealthy living and I use to ride big time but in the last 25 years have let myself try and destroy myself. but I ahve now lost 75 pounds and want to start riding again. I am looking for a bike to use to comute to and from my buisness and I have access to a Trel 850 made in 1994, it's in ok shape, wheels are true, new crank, needs a back tire, shifters don't match but work fine. paint ok but it is a 94 after all. Is this bike worth $125.
I have lots of weight to loose stil but riding will help.

Any info will help, thanks
Dano
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That's a 1995 model -- Ice Green with blue decals.
 
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I am afraid it isn't going to fit me. I just looked at a 4300 trek with a 19.5 inch frame and it wasn't even close to fitting. he one I am looking at for $125 is a 18" frame. I have a short 29" insead at the most. I think I am goint to have to jump to a new bike. The local shop has Trek 1.0 and 2.0 Navigator models in 14.5, 16.5 and 18.5 frames. Both models look nice with the big dif between them being single front chain ring up front on the 1.0 and 3 on the 2.0 plus a front fork supention on the 2.0 but not on the 1.0, for the extra $75 it seams like the 2.0 is a better deal. They also have the 2.0 with a road bike wheel and tire but I think the Navigator may be a better choice.
what do you guys think of the Navigator line?

Thanks
Dano
 
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Navigator will be fine as a work commuter. Don't try to take it off road, but for getting into shape and getting on a bike, the Navigator line is an appropriate choice. You may want to give the "road bike wheel" ones a try before you buy something, they are much faster and better suited to on road commuting duties as long as your road surface is fairly smooth.
 
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Dano59 said:
I am getting back into shape after many many years of unhealthy living and I use to ride big time but in the last 25 years have let myself try and destroy myself. but I ahve now lost 75 pounds and want to start riding again. I am looking for a bike to use to comute to and from my buisness and I have access to a Trel 850 made in 1994, it's in ok shape, wheels are true, new crank, needs a back tire, shifters don't match but work fine. paint ok but it is a 94 after all. Is this bike worth $125.
I have lots of weight to loose stil but riding will help.

Any info will help, thanks
Dano
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If everything is in good shape and it fits you, I think you are doing OK for $125.
 
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Well I went to the local shop today and test road the Trek Navigator 2.0 and I have to say that having never ridden anything but a road bike getting the feel for the setup of the "comfort bike" took a bit and will take some time but it's accualy very cool how responsive and agile the bike is.
So I road it around the neiborhood realizing how out of shape I'm in and told em to put some fenders, waterbottle cage and bottle on it. Paid for the bike and I will pick it up tomorrow.
It is a realy cool bronze color with balck componets, tan seat and black bottle cage and black fenders.
They even cut the price by about $75. so I am a happy fat man getting ready to get fit even faster.
Thanks for the guidence.
Dano
 
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