Mountain Bike Restoration Trek 930 Restomod
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- In today’s episode of Cool Bike Projects, we collaborate with Craig from Minnesota to do a Resto-mod of his 1995/ 1996 Trek 930. Thanks to Bikeflights.com and marquecycling.com for helping to take care of portion of the shipping costs and parts for this restoration. It’s great partners like these that make these videos possible. If you have not checked out their websites yet please do!
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I was gifted a 930 Singletrack full green color framed bike from my boss a few years ago. I am quickly learning it is one of the best gift I have ever received. I absolutely love my bike. It has a little bit of local history tied to it as well. So it's extra special to me.
That is awesome!
I am the original owner of a 95 Trek 950 with full stx-rc violet to green fade paint that I still ride a few times a year . Love it !
Watching you restore vintage bicycles lowers my blood pressure better than meds. Thank you.
Your question on narration balance; I think the amount of narration is great! You give lots of tips and answering questions that I'm having, plus stuff that goes into my memory as you're going through the process. I really appreciate it!
Thank you Patrick!
Another great video thx. The narration is spot on don’t change your presentation at all. I really enjoy how you bring these older bikes back to a new life. Cheers
Thank you Kevin!
My father had this bike when i was a child. Bought it brand new at Rainier in Tacoma WA. I watched him ride it with me daily. I would love to have one restored and ride along my kids.
There are a lot of them floating around on Facebook markets and eBay.
Nice to see how a Specialist works. I worked with bikes since I was at age of 6. Now I am 41 and enjoy to see bike builds like this. Very good content. Greetings from Germany.
Thank you Daniel!
Very nice restomod 👍. Any cyclist would be proud to ride this bike now. 👏
Thank you!
Great video. I'm looking into getting a 98 Trek 930 real soon.
I have a Trek 930 single track , not sure what year it was made but I bought it used over 20 years ago.
Thanks for the link! Looking forward to just watching Trek 930 rebuilds
I pulled an STX drivetrain off a project bike. It’s in nearly mint condition. It’ll get used for something sometime.
I started working in the bike industry in 1992, so remember these bikes well. I repaired, assembled a zillion of these. Thanks for the sharing!
Thanks for watching Jackie!
Great video as always
Thank you for being a part of the channel!
I personally think your show is great, it shows everything viewers like to see, and your narrative is detailed and to the point. Unlike Park tools where they talk like they are talking to children 👍
I'm subscribed. Keep them coming. 👍
Thank you for the kind words Mario!
LOL, I have a Trek 930 here in the uk and I thought the welded double bracket near the bottom bracket was for a stand! Now I know it was for mounting an anti chain suck catcher. 🙂
Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Regarding wheel overhaul, it’s probably my least favorite task, specifically the tightness of the axle cones. It’s easy to check for play in the vise, but not the crunchiness from over tightening.
I hear ya. it takes some time and patience especially with dust caps that get bent or don't want to seat right.
Michael Stark by chance do you know a (Heloi Stark)
@@miltonbeasley6575 Nope.
Nice work.greetings from Germany
Danke!
I love your videos, you are a great source of inspiration and motivation to continue my projects. Iv'e gotten so many helpful tips I always keep a pen and paper nearby old school when watching. Thanks
Thank you Rick, I really appreciate that!
God bless you and gives you many years sir! Greetings from Macedonia!
I have a 98 Full suspension sorcialized fsr pro if you need pics to restore. Has the dh manitou suspension and is surprisingly in good shape. In mn also.
Great upgrade build .love the pedals .Rusty your the resurector👍🏼
Ha ha , Thanks for all your support Nick
Great video. Your narration is just right. Thanks for that. I have a ‘94 Trek 930 I need to overhaul. It was ridden lightly and is similar to a “barn find” motorcycle with it being entirely original (including tires). It has the same STX group and the anti-chain suck accessory you highlighted here. I’d like to learn more about how you selected the 80mm travel fork - not to apply it to my 930 but to another ‘94 bike I just acquired: a GT Zaskar. It originally had a rigid fork but it currently has a Manitou SX-R fork that is completely shot and probably not going to be serviceable.
Thanks for reaching out Jonathan. In general I have a couple suspension forks laying around that are either 80 mm or 100mm. I will actually insert them into the frame and put the wheels back on to check the head tube angle. Another simple way of doing it is to hold up a A shock next to the old fork while it’s on the bike and see if it adds more than 2 inches of total height from the drop outs to the top of the crown. If you’re within that range of 2 inches it will probably work just fine. I don’t like to give head tube angles as the end all be all but obviously if it steers well and it’s not raked out too far there’s a good chance it will work. If you’re looking for 80 mm forks there are a number of Facebook pages dedicated the 90s mountain bike restoration and rebuilds. I found somebody with a Manitu SX it was in good shape for less than 100 bucks. Unfortunately it’s getting harder and harder to find new in box forks with only 80 mm of travel.
Good history lesson. Really great. Reminds me of Buffs Vintage Bicycles.
Thank you Spencer, I will have to check them out
I only recently found your channel and loving these builds (really enjoyed the narration as well since you asked). Love these 90's resto mod builds (at 48, I started mtn biking in the late 80's, but it was the 90's bikes that I remember most--just coming back to riding after about 7 years off fwiw). Great video, happy weekend 😊✌
Thank you, I really appreciate the feedback
Ride on 🚲😎 way to go. The twinner
Thanks Milton!
I have a 950 gloss green/purple fade. STX RC Smoke Chrome polish components
I put on the FSA metropolis bars and rebuilt all the original components. A keeper
Awesome! Love the old STX-RC parts
I think you did a great job of explaining. Thank you.
Thank you Eric 😎
Nice job! It turned out well and looks like it'd be fun to ride.
I know this is an older post but I loved the video. In reference to frame geometry and fork size. I find that 90s small frames usually have a slopping top tube, so if you ride a medium, get a small instead. You can make up the space difference with a longer seatpost and riser bars if you need them. The earlier frame you did I believe was a small, so the geometry may possibly have been the same as on the later model, just a different size, not sure. This slopping happens in the small size because the top tube joins with the down tube at the head tube as all one joint, actually a stronger structure. As opposed to other sizes where the top and down tube join the head tube individually and are spread apart from one another. Separated top and down tubes create a more boxxy structure and a straight top tube, more difficult to fit big forks. Best way to overcome this issue is to size 90s frames one whole size smaller than the rider, to leave crotch space for larger forks. I realize this is no consolation to those long time owners trying to fix up their classic rides, sorry. 69ing/67 old frames is also a good way to add comfort and performance without a bigger fork.
Narration is excellent and your video is very watchable.
Thank you JaMaxe
good stuff! I managed to pick up a 1993 trek 950 lugged for $60 a few months back.I have the same issue with my frame tight clearence between the frame and chainring resulting in some scars not to mention the bottom bracket was rusty dusty indeed.
Nice! I love the look of lugged mtbs
I throughly enjoy all your videos. So informative and entertaining. Your sir…… are a bike Genius. Thank you for all you do…..BTW……. I love the narrations. God Bless.
I don’t know about that, but thank you 🙏🏻
very enjoyable. great video as always.
Thank you Wahid!
Narration is perfect, please keep it going. I have a 1994 Giant Butte and would love to update the fork to a more modern neck (1 and 1/8", not sure If this can be achieved however with your channels input I may be able too. Thanks much. Have a Great rest of your year.
Thank you so much Mario. Let me know if I can help.
Thanks for posting another awesome video! I have a similar 930 frame that I wanted to rebuild. I tried to strip the paint with citrus gel but it didn’t do anything so I was thinking of just painting straight over it with only hand sanding. Have you ever repainted these frames? I’ve had other frames that stripped far more easily. Thanks for any help you or the community can provide. (I’m a total newbie in bike rebuilds)
I am posting a video on spray painting a bike in a few weeks that might be very helpful for your question. Most of the time I would suggest paying to have it sandblasted, depending on your local rates that could be between 35 and $50 for a frame but I definitely think it is worth it compared the time you would take hand sanding it.
i was gifted a steel mountain bike, not too different from the one in the video when i was around 13 by a friend of a tutor i had
i went everywhere with it, it's been with me on so many childhood ''adventures''
the bike fell into disrepair and neglect as i grew into my late teens and i got busy with school while my dad used it as a commuter bike
old cables snapped and no one wanted to replace them, brakes stopped working as the pads wore out, shifters and grips wore out, wheels went out of true, the chain went brown
then last year, after my old cycling passion was rekindled, i decided to bring the bike back to the life it deserves to have
i cleaned up the frame, added fresh new cables, new brake levers, serviced the forks, gave it a fresh pair of wheels, converted it into a 1x, put wider handlebars on, a more modern stem, a new seat post and the bike has never been funner to ride
anyone can just go out and buy a new $2000 bike to replace their old one, but some of us would rather keep riding the bikes that we grew up with and are a part of our lives and gain so much experience in bike maintenance along the way
That is so awesome! I’m so glad you were able to do that. I call it functional nostalgia.
Nice resto! Any good sources to get replacement 26" wheels that can accommodate 9,10,11 speed cassettes?
Hi Andy, It's getting tougher for reliable stock, but amazon, eBay, and Jenson.usa are the best sources I have found. Generally speaking most newer wheel sets (within the last 20 years) can accommodate 9-11spd cassettes.
Great vid I would love for you to take a look at my old Panasonic MC1500
Cool please reach out to me on my Instagram page or contact form on the about link here on CZcams
Just found your channel and watched a couple vids on the rebuilds. Nice work - thanks for doing those. Can I ask you: how do you figure how much fork travel a certain frame will allow? For ex: you mentioned this Trek 930 could only handle ~80mm vs the earlier one which could do ~100. I want to rebuild a 1996 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 frame and would like to know what the limits are. I heard you mention the headtube/steerer angle and hadn't really thought about the longer fork affecting steering but that makes total sense. I realized if the front got much longer it would essentially raise the front of the bike and the bottom bracket some, too. Would appreciate any tips - or any suggestions on getting more info. thanks much.
Hi Kevin great question, Headtube angle can be calculated using a square or a protractor. The closer you are to 90° the steeper the head tube the closer you are to 60° the more slack. If I remember correctly around 1994 to 97 frames were designed by most manufacturers to handle between 60 to 80 mm of travel. Around 1998 you could get away with 100 mm. Any more HT angles tend to be quite slack 68degrees and can get away with it because of the beefed up head tubes crown size and geometry of 130 to 150 mm forks. The bottom line is if you have too long of a fork you will create a more slack geometry and put more stress on the of head tube and the down tube of the frame. Not only can it cause goofy riding but it can also cause you to damage your frame. When in doubt go to your local bike shop and get a second opinion before you go ordering fork. 😇 Here’s a great article on modern geometry: www.singletracks.com/mtb-gear/is-there-a-consensus-on-ideal-trail-bike-geometry-top-brands-compared/
It is a very good and informative video, but does a rebuild such as this make economic sense? It would be interesting to know the cost of shipping, parts and labor that went into this restore. I did learn a lot from the video, so there is clearly value to that.
Hi David, great question.The shipping was a little over $100 fork- tires- cables- shifter pods- bar and stem was all of $400. Labor was donated as were pedals and grips. The fork was used so that helped a lot. By todays standards that is pretty darn cheap to rebuild a bike and have it rolling like it is brand new again. I think whether or not would it would be worth doing is totally up to an individual depending on how you perceive the value of a bike. You could go out and bike a decent started mountain bike new for $500 or you could save a bit of nostalgia and keep it rolling again for another 30 years. I've got a soft spot for older bikes so I think you know my answer :)
Great video! Brought me back to the 90's when I rode my Trek 930 1995 all over the world, and spent countless hours maintaining the parts or fixing breakdowns at the sides of roads.
Recently I've been trying to slowly update that old 930. Mostly it has gone okay, but I'm stumped with two problems. The freewheel (Shimano IG50 7-speed) has worn out and the (new) chain now skips, so I think I need to get a new freewheel. The problem is that I'm finding it really difficult to find a new freewheel. Would you be able to recommend one, or do you think I should build a new wheel with a cassette rather than the old freewheel? Also, do you have any recommendations for converting the cantilever brakes to v-brakes? I know that the brake levers need to be updated to a v-brake compatible lever that has more travel, but it is difficult to make this change?
I still have to watch your video about updating old bikes to 1x drivetrain. That might be the next step in modernizing my bike.
Great questions. I would suggest watching both Trek 930 videos as it shows me replacing the brakes, and the 1x system if your interested in doing that. The brakes are an easy upgrade, just a 5mm allen needed and some proper cutters for the cables. I am surprised that you would have a freewheel on a 930. All of the 930's I've worked on had cassettes. if that is the case I would definitely suggest going with a different wheel and a new cassette. If you back cogs were skipping with a new chain there is a good chance your front chain rings are worn out too. With all the riding you did that would not surprise me. It may be worth swapping over to 1x system at that point. Best wishes!
@@CoolBikeProjects Well, what do you know! I checked my hub today, and discovered that I have a cassette after all, just as you said! All these years I'd thought I had a freewheel, I guess because my earlier bike had a freewheel, and I never had to take my cassette sprockets off since then, only servicing the bearings through axle hole. Now, that's good to know! Makes upgrading a whole lot easier! Thank you!
I have a blue one
I found an old Shrek 900 it was a large frame male bike but it was bubblegum pink and I look like somebody started sanding it down it seems to be a rare bike if you want it you can have it it's about the same year model possibly earlier. I put some cheap parts on it and wrote it for a little while awesome bike maybe 🤔 I should fix it?
I know that it’s been a while since you did this video but I am currently restoring a 930 and I need to replace the cones (front & rear) . I have faced the issue of finding replacement cones before and usually spend an inordinate amount of time locating the right ones. I am hoping that you might be able to direct me to what I need. I would be most appreciative of any help you can provide me. Thanks.
I have a Trek 930 Singletrack , I need a front brake cable hanger , it had a shock on front when I bought it with a cable hanger on the front shock , I have since reinstalled the original hard front fork & I don’t know what type of brake cable hanger to use .
There are a ton of options on amazon and ebay, just google cantilever cable hanger and you should see a number for cheap.
super
I have the same bike in the same color combo
Awesome!
What kind of steering wheel bridge You used here?
Do you mean truing stand? or the spoke tension gauge? Both are from Park tools.
@@CoolBikeProjects I mean of this part which holds steering wheel bar.
can you raise the handle bar?
The only way to do that is to change the stem. The steer tube of the fork sets the general height of the handle bars.
Where can I find new oem bike stickers for my Trek 930? Thanks.
Outside of eBay I would check out VeloCal.com
@@CoolBikeProjects link is dead.
@@emiliog.4432 please google velocal and you will find them
You see because there arn't a lot manufacturer out there who still make high quality CroMoly frames doesn't mean that those are a build from the past ...it's just stupid people who think a frame needs to be from carbon fibre or aluminium to be light , the streght of a CroMoly frame they will NEVER reach and that's the thing most real bicycle freaks know . In our country Patria is still a thing and I had customers who came from america just to buy those here . You can't beat quality , you can't beat propper handmade CroMoly frames ! That's a reason why Patria gives 15 years of warranty on theyr frames ....build for eternity! So is it worth it to restore those old frames ? Absolutly YES !
Thanks Thomas! I agree.
I have one 930
please what is the frame size of this bike and what the right model name of this bike
The frame size was 19” and the model is a Trek 930
thank you so much
Do u know what the original price of the trek 930 was?
According to bicyclebluebook.com a 1995 Trek930 with a shock was $500
@@CoolBikeProjects with a manitou mars shock?
@@Ramon-bd1ii I don't believe they ever came with a Manitou fork. If you are asking about what they cost new I would look up the year on bicycle bluebook.com. Thanks!
Hi. It's amazing watching these videos and how much talent and passion you have to share with us. I have three really cool frames (2 aluminum Cannondale, 1 Chromoly KHS Montana )and I would like to donate them to you and your channel.
Please let me know if you are interested.
Hi Damian, thanks for reaching out and for the kind offer. Please email me directly so we talk more rustysbikerepair@mac.com
@@CoolBikeProjects ok. I will
anti chainsuck is cool
I have one of those... seized seat post... send help.
V-Brakes on a mountain bike in 2021? You could have put disc on the front. And why did you use low end Shimano EZ-Fire shifters? That bike deserves its own 3X7 shifters separate from the brake levers.
Hi Terry, this is someones else’s bike and budget. I think it turned out nice all things considered. Thanks for the comment.
@@CoolBikeProjects Hey there, thanks for the great videos. I understand the budget constraints, It is expensive to go disc. I mentioned the EZ-Fire shifters because every set I've seen the display plastic yellows after a few months out in the elements.
I would rather have seen it restored rather than resto-modified.
Keep the rigid fork, quill stem and canti-brakes.
Deveria ter mantido o garfo original. 👎
can you stop talking and just let me watch in silence ？
I can or you can turn the volume off,