52 cm Trek 560 Pro Series, Reynolds 531 Tubing, converted to single speed, Silver. Shimano 600 cranks, Compy saddle, Modelo bars, campus pedals, Shimano 105 brake calipers, hand-built wheels with Alex AT450 rims to Formula hubs with Kenda Contender tires, some zippy fenders and fresh housing, cables, bar wrap, chain and cassette. Named for Nelson Algren, the Chicago author of The Man with the Golden Arm and one of the best quotes about Chicago ever, “Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.”
Algren, photographed by Joshua HainesAlgren, photographed by Joshua HainesAlgren, photographed by Joshua HainesAlgren, photographed by Joshua HainesAlgren, photographed by Joshua HainesAlgren, photographed by Joshua HainesThe Trek Pro Series as we got it, which would become Algren.Stripping and sanding before powder coating the Trek Pro Series that would become Algren. By New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Albertin, Walter, photographer. – Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c17525, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1309523
