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Vintage Trek 420 1984 Touring Road Bike USA Made Steel, Perfect, Just Serviced

$ 253.43

Availability: 46 in stock
  • Condition: 37 Year Old Vintage Trek, Just fully services, rides great, ready to go, small nicks but paint. Looks great, rides even better. 1 cm hole in saddle. Tires are like new.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Brake Type: Caliper - Center Pull
  • Type: Touring Bike
  • Frame Size: 57 cm
  • Wheel Size: 27 in
  • Frame Material: Steel Mangaloy
  • Model: Trek 420
  • Brand: Trek
  • Color: Blue
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Gender: Men
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Collectible, Vintage Trek 420 Steel Touring Road Bike
    Original Frame and Paint - fantastic for a 37 year old bike
    18 Speed
    Simplex 630 Derailleurs
    Center Pull Rim Brakes - like new
    Avocet Saddle
    Clipless Pedals
    Top Tube Length C-C:  23.5 inches
    Seat Tube Length C-T:  26 inches
    Chainstay Length:  17.5 inches
    Rear Dropout Spacing:  5.5 inches
    I have had this bike since it was new.  Used it when I got out of college.  Have since been through a number of Madones and now on to Damanes.  I've used the bike as a spare when my primary bike is in the shop and it rides great.  There is something smooth and solid about a steel bike that carbon fiber just can't match.  The bike has never been crashed or had any serious problems.  I've kept it serviced and it hasn't had one mile on it since it was serviced.
    I found the original brochure and added it to the photos.  Also found a description of the Mangaloy allow used in the frames.  It was state-of-the-art in the eighties and really saved a lot of weight.  I've attached it below.
    I'm in the Washington DC area and am happy to let you ride it if you want.  I can also ship it by Bike Flights (great service) for anywhere in the US if you want.  It will come minorly disassembled and you'll have to put the handlebars and pedals back on or send it to your shop.
    I'd love to answer your questions too, just let me know.  Check out my 100% feedback rating and the money back guarantee if you don't love the bike.
    Mangaloy
    Mangaloy is Tange's brand name for their manganese-molybdenum (MnMo)tubesets. These tubesets have tensile strength that is between hi-tensile steels and chromium-molybdenum (CrMo). Consequenty, their weight is also in between the two. However, the real advantage of MnMo tubesets is that they retain a higher percentage of their strength after brazing. As a result, control of the brazing temperature is not as
    critical
    as with CrMo and it is more suitable to semi-automated, mass production. Introduction of Mangaloy and similar tubesets was instrumental in lowering the cost of bicycles with butted framesets in the early 1980s.