Hello Rod -
I understand you got your answer, but let me offer Trek's (interesting?) practice during at least their first 15 years (1976 - 90) and probably more.
They apparently couldn't quite embrace metric (or thought their buyer's couldn't). The bikes were measured center to center in metric. This is what appears in their geometry drawings. The "frame size" that appears in the specs are given in inches, center to top. A 25.5" frame (center to top) measures 64 cm center to center.
Was this a typical practice for other builders of this time?
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At 05:54 PM 10/30/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>I have a 1982 Trek model 614 for sale on E-bay. I listed the size as
>24.5" measured center to center. A potential buyer thinks Trek only made
>a 24" or a 25.5" size. Murphy's law states that just when I need the
>vintage Trek site to be working it isn't, so does anyone have a clue
>what sizes Trek made in 1982 and how they measured them? My feeling is
>who cares what size Trek thinks it is, it is what it is, what size do
>you need? Anyway, I'm trying to be a good seller and help this guy
>along.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Rod Kronenberg