Gallery - 1981 Trek 613 - Skip Echert
"Here are pictures of my 1981 Trek 613. Trek calls
the color "chestnut". The 613 is a Reynolds 531 main tube
bike. The bike was bought in 2002 from Recycled Cycles in Seattle for
the sum of $125. At the time, I was looking for an all 531 Trek frame
to build up into a daily rider. I looked at this 613 but, after some
deliberation, decided to wait for what I wanted. It was gone from the
floor when I returned two weeks later, so I thought the decision was
made for me. On a subsequent visit, it was back on the floor! (It had
been put in storage to make room for more "worthy" bikes).
I decided this was the bike for me. The paint is exceptionally good;
it clearly had rested in a garage or storage area for most of it's 21
years. All parts were original and the bearings showed virtually no
wear."
"Now the bike has almost been totally reworked.
The only parts original are the headset, top tube cable clips, the seat
binder bolt, and the front derailleur cable stop. It is now a 24-speed
index shifter, assembled from both new and used parts. It has Ultegra
hubs, new double-butted spokes, new Mavic MA3 700C rims, 12 - 30 cassette,
XT rear derailleur, Shimano 8 speed bar end shifters, Suntour Sprint
front derailleur, Shimano UN-72 bottom bracket, Gipiemme seat post,
and Gran Compe sidepulls. The bike fits: the tall SR stem, with 60mm
reach, allows me to raise the bars to about the level of the seat, and
brings the bars back back to meet my (short) arms. This riding geometry,
as espoused by Grant Peterson of Rivendell
Bicycle Works, is pure comfort."
"The 613 originally came with no bottle bosses.
At a local shop, the cost of adding two pair of RivNuts was $60 (about
half the price I paid for the bike). Hmmmmmm - definitely a cost to
keep in mind when buying a bike without bosses. Being the scrooge that
I am, I bought a RivNut tool ($60) and added the bosses myself. Now
all of my bikes have plenty of bosses (but causing a cage shortage)."
Since these photos were taken, I exchanged the crank
for a classier TA Pro 5 vis (Cyclo-Touriste) crank. The seatpost is
now a Campy Super Record model and the rear derailleur is a new Shimano
XT.
Click on each picture to see an enlargement.
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