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Offline DMF

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1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« on: 28-Feb-2011, 07:17:04 »


Introduced in 1986, the 2500 Composite Series was a first for Trek, starting their development of carbon fiber technology for bicycles. The Matrix Graphite-Epoxy Double Butted Composite Tubes are bonded to Aluminum Alloy  Lugs;  a stepping stone generation preceding the future of ultra-light and rigid frames made completely of molded carbon fiber.

I bought this bike off of a good friend a little less than a year ago. He took great care of it and added a lot of after market performance / light weight gear. Feels new considering it's 24 years of age.. It's fun running down the serious guys in Spandex at Central Park.



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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #1 on: 28-Feb-2011, 17:48:47 »
I can dig it.

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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #2 on: 28-Feb-2011, 19:33:07 »
is this parking lot or the bike rack? :?











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Point it. Punch it.

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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #3 on: 01-Mar-2011, 03:02:04 »
dude, what size is it? I'm looking for a cheap-ish bike to use in the nyc tri this summer... plus no delivery fee :mrgreen:

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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #4 on: 01-Mar-2011, 09:11:29 »
Nice bike!


I saw a Centurion road bike at a garage sale for $35 a while back and bought it just to give myself another project  :whistle: .  I stripped it, painted it and put a bunch of crap on it.  I'll post some pics of my bikes soon since everyone else is doing it :p

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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #5 on: 01-Mar-2011, 19:17:04 »
Haha.. I only posted it here thinking this was a "Rides" section and was following Stan's hefty bike thread.

bmuller, I think the frame is  21".. not sure exactly how to measure it correctly though. I'd recommend going to a bike shop to figure out what would be the best size for you, then look on craigslist or some other place with used bikes.

novass, Nice! I picked up really light Cannondale mountain bike that I started to sand down, but gave up. I should try and finish that up this summer.

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Re: 1987 Trek 2500 Composite
« Reply #6 on: 02-Mar-2011, 06:22:56 »
novass, Nice! I picked up really light Cannondale mountain bike that I started to sand down, but gave up. I should try and finish that up this summer.

It goes pretty quick once you get rolling.  Sanding is always the hard part.  It takes a while and is labor intensive.  Get some paint stripper, that will save quite a bit of time.

Mine came out okay, the color is...well, you'll see  :lol: .  I got just for a cruising around bike.  I bought a new bike about 7 months ago that I love.  I meant to take pics this morning but I had to come into work early  :bad: