The dropouts aren't designed for it, but I'm thinking about resurrecting this steely as a single speed commuter with some road tires and possibly drop bars. Already replaced the pedals, bottle holder and odometer. Thoughts?
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What would you do with this Trek 820 Antelope?
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Yeah everything works perfectly, it actually feels brand new
I'm kind of broke so for now I'm just going it leave it as is, besides maybe giving it new tires/tubes/grips.
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Donate it to Sally and get a bike worth owning.
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woah, i can barely see you on your high horse up there.
i already have a trail bike.
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is it really that bad?
It has the potential to be a nice commuter. I think from the pictures i see eyelets for fenders and racks. I say full on commuter. some decent cross tires, repack, lube everything. I'm beginning to thing i want something with a little wider tire for my ride into and home from work.
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Depends on what you want it for. Heavy, low end parts except the bottle cage. Wouldn't be a fun mountain bike but like some have said, could be an okay commuter.
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yes!
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It was low end then...now its old and low end.
But it depends no what the purpose of the bike is.
Donated to someone who can't afford a bike and needs it for transportation...worth a lot. Purchased to use on the trails as an actual mountain bike...waste of time and effort.
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It's true but 800s and 950s are apples and oranges. I'm also pretty sure the other pricepoint competition from that era are also equally loved here.
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Well it's a steel frame and fork, and steel frames these days seem to go for a premium. It runs pretty damn smoothly already so I think I'll just put some new grips on it and call it a commuter that I don't need to worry about getting stolen.
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Perfect!
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word on the street> steal is real.
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It's perfectly fine for a commuter. Why risk getting a nice bike stolen.
Some of the guys (and gals) on these forums would prefer that bikes like that didn't exist because they're afraid they may someday be in a situation where they may ride one of those and find out they actually enjoyed the ride.
I'm not a fan of slicks on mountain bikes though (especially the skinny slicks). I'd stick with the knobbies or go with something like a K-rad.
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