I had the 8700: basically the same frame with an 1/8 headset instead of 1/4. Full DX build. Matrix rims. Everything quality. Beautifull dark red paint and a Tange ultralight fork. Sold it and bought a KHS pro; the instant feedback of steel after an interlude w/ a composite frame gave me the well known epiphany "steel is real".
Thanks for the comments, all the Trek from circa 1990-1992 were pretty cool. Great colour schemes and nice lug work whether Alu or Steel. The bulls eye hubs are sweet and I probably will replace them with DT spokes/nipples to freshen them up. As I just love wheel building to be honest.
The DC 986's were nice if set up properly, slightly trickier than Shimano of course. But, I'm surprised that given the wonderful condition of this machine it didn't have the factory specked Graftons. You can also tell that it's barely (if at all!) been ridden as it doesn't have the chainsuck gouges these frames seemed to be notorious for. Fantastic find and build though!
Totally agree... setting up the DC 986s is a slow game / fiddly to get just right. I always remember in our bike shop swearing at them as they ate time when you wanted to get onto other jobs. Regarding the Graftons, I spoke with the seller last week as I felt the DC 986s were in alot poorer condition to the rest of the bike = not original to the bike. And sure enough he had decided to remove the graftons and keep for his own build. Which is fair. Id do the same. I did ask to buy them but he want s them. So I will look to find/source the correct graftons and remove the DC 986s at some point.
