I've got a 1986 trek 830. the seatpost diameter for the 1986 model is 25.8mm. I dont know what year the sizes changed, but this is just for anyone's information.
Thanks for sharing, the bike looks sick. I want to convert a ‘91 trek 7000 from a 3x7 to a 1x10 and make it a city commuter. I already put on some maxxis dth after seeing your review, and I have to say they are awesome. If you ever want to go down the gravel bike route, I’ve seen a few people use the Surly troll fork that way they can convert to a threadless stem and the fork has many mounting points for racks and accessories. Many of the old mtbs have a large enough headtube to fit a 1 1/8” fork.
Just checked axle to crown length for that for is 420mm... the trek 830 is closer to 390mm. Thanks for your feedback. Good luck with your build, hope i helped a little bit. DTH are wicked sweet for sure.
i actually just finished a similar build on a trek 800. went single speed, standard drop bars, and have an old school elastomer fork on it for smoother dirt road cruising. i never knew about the bull bars, i think they are a pretty cool option.
@@OmarIllustrated elastomer fork just means its old. lol. they used to use rubber (what is referred to as an elastomer) as a spring in old forks because it made the fork less bouncy prior to them actually putting hydraulic dampness in forks lie they do now .
Hi Omar, good work. I have the same bike, 1993 model, but with 100% original parts. Please, can you give me the references or the source of the stem you used?
Hey Omar! I'm looking to do a similar conversion on what looks like the same year model of the 830. Could you tell me what the proper seatpost diameter is?
@@OmarIllustrated Thanks for the quick reply. So far the build is going good, other than the frozen cranks, frozen stem and stuck bottom bracket lol. I found a wheel with an 8 speed cassette, so hopefully I can convert it to a 10 or 11 speed gravel bike.
@@matthewhuang3092 oh man! Maybe check out a bike shop... mine charged me like $30 labor to swap out bottom bracket and headset. Hope your bike turns out well. I’m gonna do some more upgrades to mine this year!
