Trek 3500 Mountain Bike - What year?

[Midget87]

Hi - I picked up this Trek 3500 at a yard sale this past summer for $40. I haven’t been able to work out what year it is. I also have not found another one like it for sale or pictured on the internet. Any help would be appreciated before I start changing it up. In the photo below is still has a bent set of bars but I have swapped the pedals, seat (used and cheap) and mounted up new tires. Hubs have been serviced, chain cleaned and a dead shifter fixed.

 

[sworley]

Per Google image it appears to be a 2005 model

 

[J-wagon]

Try these catalogs

Trek, Fisher, Klein, Lemond bike catalogs, bicycle brochures

Here are over 130 bicycle catalogs and bike brochures for Trek, Gary Fisher, Klein, and Greg Lemond. Trek provided these scanned and digital technical documents to its dealers. Over time, Trek expanded its domain by purchasing other bicycle...

www.vintage-trek.com

Color scheme available in 2004

 

[olklunker65]

I have one of those and it's a 2004

 

[Muji]

To check on more contemporary bicycles I use www.bikepedia.com; actually I googled Trek 3500 bikepedia. That model was offered between 2004 and 2016 listing colors available and the components so you can pinpoint the year- at last that is my experience.

 

[Muji]

I believe it a 2004 too; 2004 and 2005 has that paint scheme. But you’d have to cross reference the other components which you can do on bikepedia.

 

[Iverider]

I believe it a 2004 too; 2004 and 2005 has that paint scheme. But you’d have to cross reference the other components which you can do on bikepedia.

2005 would have had a disc mount I believe.

 

[Midget87]

Here are some photos of it as purchased.

 

[Muji]

Nice bike. Enjoy it!

 

[Midget87]

Current config. I will need a saddle that gets me back over the rear tire.