1991 Gary Fisher Procaliber or 1990 Trek 830?

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I'm looking for a reasonably inexpensive bike I can tune up, cruise around with, and (potentially) do some light trail riding with. Ideally it would also be able to handle some upgrades (e.g. cold setting rear fork to increase number of gears). I've found, in my size, what appear to be a 1991 Gary Fisher Procaliber , and a 1990 Trek 830 , both for about $100. They both seem to be in quite good condition. My question is: between these two bikes,...

Originally asked by Lucas Myers on Stack Exchange (bicycles) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

The fisher should be built with Tange Prestige (double butted) tubing so should be lighter and nicer to ride than the trek with its unbranded cro-mo tubing. By this time, many components might have been changed so it's hard to compare anything else, though when new, this Fisher would have had a better spec than the Trek.

Full answer by Noise: https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/a/96442 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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