Challenge time. Can anyone ID this bike?
The decals are definitely not original/official, they're wrong size/position, and 'ZX' definitely doesn't belong on a bike of this vintage. The paint colour is a metallic blue which doesn't seem to match anything in the Trek catalogues from the early 90s. There's no evidence of any other colour paint underneath it. The serial number is missing from the bottom bracket, where someone has stamped a postcode.
Components are a mishmash:
What could be original - Deore DX mechs & cranks, XT cantis & ST-M092 push-push brifters, Sakae Low Fat pedals, DiaCompe headset, Tange bottom bracket.
And stuff that's been replaced, bars obviously have been upgraded, stem and seatpost don't match the OEM Trek Matrix kit of the period, the saddle is not original, and the wheels are low end Exage hubs with unbranded rims - obviously someone took the original wheels off it
It must be a 90-92 bike because of the Tange Big Fork, but I'm pretty stumped because nothing really matches. Unless there were frame colours produced that weren't listed on the catalogues? In which case could it be a '91 8000, as that had XT cantis, whereas the '92 had DX, and the '90 had cantis that were not low profile.
The decals are definitely not original/official, they're wrong size/position, and 'ZX' definitely doesn't belong on a bike of this vintage. The paint colour is a metallic blue which doesn't seem to match anything in the Trek catalogues from the early 90s. There's no evidence of any other colour paint underneath it. The serial number is missing from the bottom bracket, where someone has stamped a postcode.
Components are a mishmash:
What could be original - Deore DX mechs & cranks, XT cantis & ST-M092 push-push brifters, Sakae Low Fat pedals, DiaCompe headset, Tange bottom bracket.
And stuff that's been replaced, bars obviously have been upgraded, stem and seatpost don't match the OEM Trek Matrix kit of the period, the saddle is not original, and the wheels are low end Exage hubs with unbranded rims - obviously someone took the original wheels off it
It must be a 90-92 bike because of the Tange Big Fork, but I'm pretty stumped because nothing really matches. Unless there were frame colours produced that weren't listed on the catalogues? In which case could it be a '91 8000, as that had XT cantis, whereas the '92 had DX, and the '90 had cantis that were not low profile.
