Re: [CR] More old Trek

(Example: Framebuilders:Norman Taylor)

Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:49:29 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] More old Trek
References: <1056559672-60686565@mail.primax.com>
In-Reply-To: <1056559672-60686565@mail.primax.com>


scottg wrote:
>> 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.

In the late 70s Trek made a 300 series frame from plain high-carbon steel.

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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA