Older Steel Frame Mountain Bikes for Touring and Commuting
Picked up the Trek Mountain Track 830 from a guy who for some reason couldn't finish the project. Added a new Vuelta Zerolite wheel set and sturdy Blackburn EX-1 Rear Rack. | Found the Cannondale F1000 with Fatty Head Shock suspension fork for $75. One of the integrated brake shifters had failed which was easily repairable. Here's some information regarding the Head Shock fork from every bike folk's old friend Sheldon Brown. |
Regarding the Diamond Back Ascent EX series of frames I have since picked up another one that has mounting for third bottle cage under down tube with longer chain stays and top tube perfect as a mountain touring bike. Very interesting and unique design for a 26" wheel frame and looking forward to doing something with it. Anyhow, thought I would share some of these cool old funky mountain bike projects for those who appreciate this sort of thing.