Used on recent transcontinental tour for 2.5 months. All original components, with new front and rear tires. Some minor scratches from normal wear and larger scratch on downtube.
Equipped as new. Jannd front rack added and included.
Please note that the Novara sizing is different. This bike fit a 5′8″ rider comfortably.
It is a 52 cm frame.
This [...]

The Trek 520(TM) is the touring model in the brand’s line. This particular model, purchased in April of 2007 is the 19″ size. I used it for about 3500 miles during a transcontinental cycling trip.
The bicycle is black as are all of the2007 models.
It comes equipped as described on the Trek page, with [...]

It’s been over a week since we been home and not going anywhere by bike didn’t seem strange for the first few days home. But now, I am antsy to get on the bike and go somewhere. The problem is that I don’t really have a bike anymore. We decided that it [...]

Lowell to Powell – 65 miles (more than a metric century)
Average speed- 10
Last night we ate at the restaurant right next to the Wilderness Lodge and found the food to be more than adequate. We both tried the Aztec soup and split a sandwich, which is customary for us. I tried the Huckleberry [...]

Thanks to FedEx Tracking, I can see that the bikes have arrived in Portland. That is good news and it looks as if they should arrive in Astoria according to plan. Tracking is a nice feature especially since our FedEx person usually does a hit-and- run. In fact, when I checked on the [...]

 

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Finally. My new bike came equipped with clipless pedals. That’s one incentive to learn to ride them. Warm weather might be an equally good incentive, but it doesn’t look like that will happen.
So, the new pedals are on my old bike, which is in the trainer. I managed to get my feet [...]

I have been following with great interest a discussion on the phred list about clipless vs. toe clips.
I have yet to see one posting extolling the virtues of clipless pedals. That makes me rather nervous especially since some of the concerns by those who still use toe clips relate to my condition. Several [...]

Mentioning that we will be staying in two historic hotels brought to mind the misconception of cyclists that some people have. One of the first bed and breakfasts I contacted to review for our book, Bed, Breakfast & Bike Midwest-, seemed rather surprised that bicyclists would even stay in anything other than a dumpster. [...]

Somebody started a thread on the Phred group about slow speeds. That evolved into climbing steep grades, which means gaining elevation. Total elevation gained might be an equally impressive figure as the total distance traveled on this cross-country trip. I am intrigued by numbers and such trivial figures as those displayed on [...]

The order of bike stuff finally arrived. Anti-climactic for sure. A box of water bottles, brakes and a wireless computer. Now the wireless computer makes a lot of sense. It seems that every computer wire gets mangled and much jiggling and cajoling takes place to get the computer functioning.
I want to document the [...]