Comments on: Project Elance Rides! http://www.velobration.com/2009/11/19/project-elance-rides/ Celebrate Cycling! Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:22:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.velobration.com/2009/11/19/project-elance-rides/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Rob Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:52 +0000 http://www.velobration.com/?p=158#comment-127 Beautiful bike Rick, great work. I'd like to eventually get a fixed gear bike, but every time I think about using a vintage frame... i just cringe. The previous owner of my Schwinn Voyageur was going to convert it to a fixie before I bought it. It still has all 12 gears as nature intended :) Beautiful bike Rick, great work.

I’d like to eventually get a fixed gear bike, but every time I think about using a vintage frame… i just cringe. The previous owner of my Schwinn Voyageur was going to convert it to a fixie before I bought it. It still has all 12 gears as nature intended :)

]]> By: Rick http://www.velobration.com/2009/11/19/project-elance-rides/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Rick Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:02 +0000 http://www.velobration.com/?p=158#comment-126 Congrats on your rebuild! It's hard to beat these early steel Treks for a smooth ride & classic good looks. While they are a bit heavy by modern standards, my red '87 330 Elance (just like yours) w. 61 cm frame weighs a reasonable 24 lbs. with some lighter upgrades (Specialized Toupe saddle, Origin 8 threadless stem adapter, Ritchie Pro Comp 44 cm bars, 700x23 Vittorio Rubino Pro tires, Shimano SPD pedals, Blackburn cage). The stock Suntour 12-speed drivetrain w. indexed shifters, Dia-Compe brakes, French Rigida rims & Sansin hubs works just fine. My vintage Trek reminds me of the time back in the day when I fell in love w. cycling, riding new French-built Motobecanes. I know it's trendy now to convert older steel bikes to single-speed fixies, but it's good to see your Trek restored to full road warrior status. Pics of my 330 are at http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu85/silbersix/Trek%20330%20Elance/. Finally, I don't know what "Elance" means, but maybe Trek knew something we didn't in 1987. Remove the "E" and you're left with "Lance". :) Congrats on your rebuild! It’s hard to beat these early steel Treks for a smooth ride & classic good looks. While they are a bit heavy by modern standards, my red ‘87 330 Elance (just like yours) w. 61 cm frame weighs a reasonable 24 lbs. with some lighter upgrades (Specialized Toupe saddle, Origin 8 threadless stem adapter, Ritchie Pro Comp 44 cm bars, 700×23 Vittorio Rubino Pro tires, Shimano SPD pedals, Blackburn cage). The stock Suntour 12-speed drivetrain w. indexed shifters, Dia-Compe brakes, French Rigida rims & Sansin hubs works just fine.

My vintage Trek reminds me of the time back in the day when I fell in love w. cycling, riding new French-built Motobecanes. I know it’s trendy now to convert older steel bikes to single-speed fixies, but it’s good to see your Trek restored to full road warrior status. Pics of my 330 are at http://s636.photobucket.com/albums/uu85/silbersix/Trek%20330%20Elance/.

Finally, I don’t know what “Elance” means, but maybe Trek knew something we didn’t in 1987. Remove the “E” and you’re left with “Lance”. :)

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