question about a curious TREK 8000

[thordis]

i'm a owner of a TREK 8000 frame that has some unusually features.
at first view it seems to be a ordinary serial bike from 91.
but look at the detailed pics, please!

i mean its better to show you the pics because my english is not so good to describe it accurate.
please notice the rear brake cable is led inside the top tube.
the shifting cables are led on the bottom of the down tube.
what the pics can not exactly shown, it has a 1" stem and a 1" STX headset.

anyone have an idea what kind of a 8000 it is?

it seems to be not the serial model what is pictured in the 91 TREK catalog.

many thanks in advance!
i hope you can say me whats "wrong" with my TREK... ;-)

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[retrojon]

Try dating it from the serial number.

http://www.vintage-trek.com/SerialNumbers.htm

 

[thordis]

8000

thanks! i've already done it.

it is definitely a 91 model.
the date is not the "mystery", but the modifications.

maybe a prototype or a pre-serial bike?

someone has seen a 8000 with this modifications anytime anywhere?

thanks again,
thordis

 

[retrojon]

Do you konw what a 1990 frame looked like? Perhaps they had some bare frames left over and painted them in 1991 colours.

 

[thordis]

Perhaps they had some bare frames left over and painted them in 1991 colours.

this is an interesting theory!

 

[LTS Biker]

The 91 bikes in the brochure have 3 cablestoppers op the toptube, but the funny thing is:
They mounted a downpull derailleur, but the cable via the toptube.
The outercable goes all the way from the last cablestop till the derailleur.
How the hack should that work??
:roll:

I'll try to scan the image. It's nice, because it's the same frame.

 

[Xesh]

They mounted a downpull derailleur, but the cable via the toptube.
The outercable goes all the way from the last cablestop till the derailleur.
How the hack should that work??

IIrc they had something like a cable stop that bolted to the cable clamp on the front mech. The inner cable then clamped on to a bolt on the frame. Instead of the inner cable moving the outer moved the mech.

 

[skolioza]

anyone have an idea what kind of a 8000 it is?

it seems to be not the serial model what is pictured in the 91 TREK catalog.

Heh, I had same problem witch my '90 Scott Boulder (different specyfication as in catalogue)

Here You have some pics of my friend's Trek 8000
Unfortunetly there's only photos of right side of a bike
http://picasaweb.google.com/zimniasty/S ... 5678738290

EDIT: cable was inside

 

[thordis]

Here You have some pics of my friend's Trek 8000
Unfortunetly there's only photos of right side of a bike
http://picasaweb.google.com/zimniasty/S ... 5678738290

EDIT: cable was inside

yes, it's the same frame as my.

good idea to ride it as single speed bike.