tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644962941958841994.post9133361369574903147..comments2024-03-17T08:45:48.243-07:00Comments on John's Bicycle Restorations: Trek 970 MTB Restoration and ModificationJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00038559533807088090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644962941958841994.post-76636608622620234042021-02-04T09:48:33.968-08:002021-02-04T09:48:33.968-08:00Keep it!Keep it!Thom Trekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991567813329223216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644962941958841994.post-25425474767359621702016-07-24T16:02:19.806-07:002016-07-24T16:02:19.806-07:00I have a Trek 970 (looks the same as yours) I boug...I have a Trek 970 (looks the same as yours) I bought used in New Orleans in 2000 for $200. I rode it from New Orleans to Little Rock, Arkansas, then to Memphis, then to Nashville. Then hitched with it to Santa Monica, California and road it up the California Coast (in 2001) to Arcata, California but hitched the last 100 miles with the bike. I was carrying all I owned at the time + food...probably carrying about almost 60 lbs of weight on back and front combined, and about 140 lbs of my body weight. Eventually the day came when I was riding it in town one day and the diagonal part of the frame broke completely in half at the top just below the neck. But someone took two pieces of steel on either side and made a brace and welding it back together. I used the same bike for transportation up until 2006, and then finally got a car, and hung the bike up, but still have it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644962941958841994.post-84005682731107757782015-01-28T07:36:39.674-08:002015-01-28T07:36:39.674-08:00Great Job! Beautiful American made bike.
I have...Great Job! Beautiful American made bike. <br /><br />I have a Trek 970 I believe it’s a 1994 color Root Beer. It came with a Rock Shox yellow fork that seized up. I uninstalled it to get overhauled but we moved and it is lost. Currently the bike is completely disassembled. I want to replace fork with a solid Chromoly, but I don’t have much money to spend. Can you recommend a replacement? My bike also came with grip shifters, and I am not a fan. So, I would like to get some new shifters.<br />SmileyDawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429692596343787624noreply@blogger.com