Re: [CR] More old Trek

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From: "scottg" <scottg@primax.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] More old Trek
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:40:23 -0400
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>From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
>The thing that I find amazing (I think - please correct me if i'm
>wrong) - is that TREK never made any plain CARBON STEEL bikes.
>Perhaps it was by necessity, due to the cost of manual brazing in
>wisconsin, but even the lowest-end treks had chromoly tubing.
>Can the TREXPERTS tell me if TREK ever made an unbutted frameset?

I had a probable Trek 412 from '79, was marked Ishiwata 022 main tubes, with Ishiwata butted Hi-Ten stays and fork blades. One the the low trail Treks, somewhat unnerving on fast descents.

Scott Goldsmith
Milford, Ohio, USA