Trek Multi Track 700 - JoeH builds Tootyred's for a friend.

[JoeH]

Hello,

After starting these two threads:

Will this Modern 6 Speed Shimano Rear Mech Derailleur run 8/9/10 speed

Two questions. 1) Will the below derailleur run (index properly) 8 speed ok? or 9? or 10? 2) I can't help but think it's a bit of a cheap way to attach a derailleur - the hanger is inbuilt to the derailleur not the frame. I wonder if replacement derailleurs are available, or does one tend to...

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Affordable Touring 700c Frameset V brakes - New - Recommendations

Hi Team, Who out there manufactures an affordable steel 700c Vbrake, touring, (quill or ahead), frameset? I'd like to think one could purchase something for £150-200 - but I think my head is in the clouds on that one. OR if 2nd hand Any common recommendations. Generally looking at a...

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I decided to buy a 1993? Trek MultiTrack 700 (the basic model) from a member on this forum called Tootyred. It's Sister bike had sold already.

Sold - Gravel or all-road touring Trek 730 OX Truetemper frame / forks

Found this in a garage sale, thought it might be good for somebody here. Trek 730 multitrack frame and forks, I think its a 95 from the archive. 21" c to t. Threads all good, few light scuffs as you can see, but sound frame and forks. Designed for all road use, so quite a hardy frameset...

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This is the build thread for it I'm building it for a friend, hopefully he can look here too, to see the photo's etc.

There are several aims for this project:
1) build a better bike & hopefully than one can buy for the money
2) convince a friend that retro is better
3) increase space for the rear rack, heel clearance area

Here are the pics as sent before I received the frame:

Then I was sent these two

I was warned that some parts were a bit rough and it might need touching up. Nevertheless I didn't expect the condition it was. Thankfully I learnt touching up skills! Saying that the price of £30 posted was pretty amazing. It turned out to be a great ride!

Pants!

Rear chainstay non drive side - black can be tricky to photo.

Top tube - going to be easily visible. mmmm!

Fork

I can deal with tape marks

 

[JoeH]

Pics of my first time touching a bike up - I had some black gloss hamerite smooth that matched well.

What I struggled with - was the flatting back with wet and dry, 1500 & 2000. I could get it smooth and flat, but the new paint lost its shine... then I re painted and it looked shiny, but not as flat. Bit of a circular process.

Dremel with a stone time, no going back now! it was quite light surface rust, it didn't take much effort to remove. Just lots of effort to blend the paint in.

Scratches on top tube - being wet n dried. They came up good in the end, plus a few patches of touch up.

Downtube - the water marks from wet n dry.

Paint was a bit too thick, this area required lots of flatting back, which got it blended, but it looked matt. I touched it up at the end again.

 

[JoeH]

Any help from any of you experience guys on touching and flatting is appreciated.

I also used silvo (like brasso) for some of the finishing stages and that helped, but ultimately wasn't that aggressive.

 

[JoeH]

Time to gather parts and build this beast up.

Going 1x9 running 11-32rear 42 front, which after some thinking, covers a wide enough range for light day rides.
These shifters work well - they have a very very positive click, unbelievably definitive divisions, possibly too much.

Shimano STX rear mech - this proved to feel great in the hands - really smooth, and worked great with the gear range.
I always like to lube jockey wheels, and also the adjuster screw

 

[JoeH]

Time for wheel building.
I needed to buy a 135mm rear hub, I immediately thought of Shimano, then I wondered if Novatec could compete, which they can!
I bought this.

Novatec F522GCC sturdy 135mm wide rear hub for hybrid or mountain bikes. | eBay

With standard hybrid/MTB width of 135mm 32 hole. Respectably lightweight at 379g. Adjustable and servicable cup and cone bearings (as used by Shimano and Campagnolo). Gloss black with red end cap on the visible side.

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Spokeman's wheels - what a great business, I don't frequent it often, but when I do I'm always pleased.

Spokesman Wheels

Novatec hub has this anodised ring that needs prising off - it has an o ring that holds it inplace

You can then see a second rubber seal - I think this is better than shimano?

I'm getting there with wheel building these days - I don't need to read every page, mainly the starting one.

And this page, then I'm good. Roger Musson method (although I like Shraner too).
You can see here I've just twisted the hub and started to put in the first of the 3rd batch of 8 spokes. I used linseed oil and it was so smooth to build - i.e. winding the nipples up.
I used ACI Alpina 288, 290 spokes double butted.

On the jig:

Front:

 

[JoeH]

Getting organised and part painting time:

Good deal from my local deacthlon store (kmc chain)

These were to painted satin black - I used VHT brand Epoxy satin black:
V levers from Tootyred

Stem was just too scruffy to go on.
I derusted the wedge too in citric acid - anyone else use it? it works great if you can give it time.

 

[JoeH]

The build - not too many pics as I got into the build zone + dirty hands.

I'm a Pedro's boy in the old Pedro's v Park debate, although I wouldn't say no to Park tools

Crown race time - I had an old alloy shimano 105 1" threaded headset, that was basically perfect with new races, I have a superB crown race seating tool - works. Blurry - apologies, when it's driven home, the steel doesn't stop ringing/vibrating for ages.

Home made headset press - with a milwaukee adjustable 8" wide jaw - love that tool:

 

[JoeH]

Almost there I thought - until I hit issues sorting a seat pin

 

[JoeH]

Voila - almost

I was really excited when I saw the bike take shape like this.

It still needed cabling, and the dreaded seatpin/saddle

Cabling up - went ok... due to winds, and a house move for my friend, the pressue was on, so I was allowed to use the corner of the kitchen the cat normally occupies.

 

[JoeH]

Never wrapped butterfly bars before, slight mis-judge on how much tape was needed, easy to rectify though. start from a different place, I had started from near the stem clamp

Chainring clearance is sooo close, and I need to tighten the main chainset bolts.
I'm using a stock 111mm Campagnolo Mirage BB with the correct Veloce 170mm chainset...I may have to try a Chorus chainset (I did)