1993 TREK 8300 COMPOSITE

[MrSillySully]

Did you finish it? How much did you buy the frame for?

 

[Soundifferent]

Hi, I never posted about it but I recently got a 1992 TREK 8700 Composite in pretty poor conditions. So poor I’m still not sure I want to do something with it. The only good news is the seatpost’s missing, which is way better than a stuck one…

 

[79stef]

Did you finish it? How much did you buy the frame for?

If you're interested in this model, I finished my Trek 8300 build last year. (I think I paid £70 for the frame from a member on here)

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Thread '1993 Trek 8300 build (finished for now)..'

Jul 7, 2023

Having dabbled in a few part-restorations and fixing up a few pub bikes, I'm finally doing my first bare frame build.
I've picked the brains of many on here who have provided invaluable advice before starting this project, so thank you..I may well need more Retrobike knowledge on my journey!
I bought a Trek 8300 from here a while ago and have started to make progress. It's a '93 (only year it was made, I believe)
The bike originally came specced with the Suntour Expert groupset but I fancied a slight upgrade. I'm going for XC Pro but haven't managed to source all the bits so, for the...

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[raidan73]

Hi, I never posted about it but I recently got a 1992 TREK 8700 Composite in pretty poor conditions. So poor I’m still not sure I want to do something with it. The only good news is the seatpost’s missing, which is way better than a stuck one…

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You're probably better off starting a new thread for you bike. This thread is by a former member of the forum, so may not get much traffic

 

[Soundifferent]

You're probably better off starting a new thread for you bike. This thread is by a former member of the forum, so may not get much traffic

Thanks, I’m still not sure what to do about this. I’m not a big carbon fiber fan and the stem and cranks appear to be stuck. Don’t know how difficult it would be and - I was going to have it stripped out by a pro but at the moment I’d rather focus on my 1988 team Stumpjumper and the complete rebuild of my Bianchi NTH.