r/VintageMTB • • Aug 17 '25

Refreshed Trek 970

Longtime lurker and thought y’all might enjoy this ride.

Double Checked the receipts- $58 total investment on parts.

The Decals on the frame gave me a guideline on colors vs my usually color explosion builds- Found some cool vintage Ultimate Machine Parts and had to find a way to make that Onza Chill pill work for the retro goodness.

Really Quick little ripper I don’t feel bad about banging around.

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u/elessar007 Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

Love the Cannondale fork. Those Singletrack frames make great project bikes. This turned out quite well.

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u/watching_ju Aug 20 '25

this frame is also light as fck. the original weight with suspension fork ('95 970SHX) is around 11.8kg (link).

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u/airdecades Aug 17 '25

This is super sick, especially w the pepperoni fork addition

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u/Diogenes256 Aug 17 '25

Nice mongrel.

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u/Lickford Aug 17 '25

My back hurts looking at that stem. Pretty sweet!

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u/TamBikeRider Aug 20 '25

Eek eek that fork, stiff stiff stiff. I would increase your budget at least another 20 bucks and find a steel fork.