Re: Fwd: [CR]Origins of Trek Bicycle Company

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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:11:42 -0700
To: "richardsachs@juno.com" <richardsachs@juno.com>
From: Brook Watts <brook.watts@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [CR]Origins of Trek Bicycle Company
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I recall the Burkes and Bevil Hogg were jointly involved in it. The Burkes had retail shops in Wisconsin and N Illinois. I'd like to hear the full story...

Brook Watts Longmont Colo

At 7:10 PM +0000 12/14/04, richardsachs@juno.com wrote:
>wasn't hogg a hired helper?
>the owner was in the appliance industry, if memory serves...
>e-RICHIE
>chester, ct
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>-- Brook Watts <brook.watts@comcast.net> wrote:
>The REAL origin of Trek was the fire that destroyed the Stella
>factory disrupting the supply of frames the Hoggs were importing.
>That forced a move to domestic supplied bikes.
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>Brook Watts
>Longmont Colo
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>>Sender: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>>
>>Any and All,
>>It's my understanding that the founders of Trek
>>started Trek by purchasing an existing framebuilding
>>company. Is this so? What was the name of the company?
>>Who owned it? What bikes were made. Etc, etc, etc...
>>Joe Starck,
>>masidon, wi