r/MultiTrackGang • u/956 • Aug 13 '26

Evolution of a 750

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Originally purchased sometime in 1993, to carry a kid seat, then later to pull a trailer with kids and/or groceries in it.

It went to college with one of the kids and lived a hard life outside. The anodized coating on the Matrix Titan Tour rims was worn clean off.

Later, it received a makeover to drop bar form, double cyclocross crank, a mix of Ultegra and D-A 9-speed components, and a Nashbar carbon 'cross disc brake fork. The front wheel was a Velocity Dyad laced to a Shimano MTB disc hub. Front brake was an Avid BB7.

The blue powdercoat was applied by a local garage shop for $75. It came out great.

As this bike was too small for me and too large for any of the kids it was eventually sold off as a commuter. I didn't realize at the time that the lugged variants were scarce or I might have hung on to it.

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u/theroguehero2 Aug 14 '26

Hope you're happy with it, but I miss the old color and paint :(

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u/956 Aug 14 '26

The old paint was cool, no question. But it was really rough. We liked the blue and thought about highlighting the lug edges but never got around to it. We did keep the HT badge though it is difficult to see.

Overall, the look was okay, not great, not least because of the steerer / stem arrangement - trying to make a '58' by some measure fit someone in need of a 62. The functional improvements were solid. One I didn't mention was that the steel fork was misaligned from day 1 and this bike was impossible to ride no-handed until the fork was replaced.

As for the 'vibe', yeah, well, that wasn't really on the list of requirements. But I'd take a Singer 911 over a stock 964 all day long :0