The "historical book" is really a parts-spec history and was produced as a service convenience for dealers; it has technical details as far as things like spoke length and gauge, bb spindle length, spoke counts, whether a headset was 1" or 1 1/8", stuff like that. There was an effort a few years ago to accumulate one of each model ever made for a display at the factory, I don't know what became of it. IMHO the lugged steel Treks before 1985 or 86 are seriously underrated modern classics. Think of the builder history; Dave Tesch, Joe Starck, Tim Isaac, and probably three or four other good builders I don't know about--your old 950 or 720 is the ancestor to a Rivendell or a California Masi! David Feldman
> Jeff -
>
> Please keep us (I know there are several Trek fans lurking here besides
me)
> informed on any serial number, dating or model information you're able to
> come up with. I tried, unsuccessfully, to get anything out of Trek. They
> only seemed interested in being recognized for their industry "firsts"
that
> had everything to do with aluminum and carbon frame construction and
nothing
> to do with their lugged steel frame origins. As the owner of an '81, two
> '84s and an '85, I'd really like to gather as much information as I can on
> the early frames. What is the "Trek historical book" anyway, and if it's
> historical, why does it only go back to the early '90s when Trek was
> building frames for 15 years prior to that? Anybody know what year was
the
> first for Trek? '76/'77?
>
> Wayne Bingham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Archer [mailto:firstflight@abts.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 9:36 PM
> To: Classic Rendezvous
> Subject: Re: [CR]Trek serial numbers
>
>
> I have been talking to the guy who put together the Trek historical book.
> The book only goes back to the early 1990's but has complete info down to
> spoke lengths, bb lengths..... He is supposed to be trying to round up
some
> catalog copies for me. I have emailed him and asked him about the serial
> number system. If I hear anything positive from him, I will let you know.
> Jeff Archer
> First Flight Bicycles
> 216 S. Center St.
> Statesville, NC 28677
> 704.878.9683
> firstflight@abts.net
> http://www.firstflightbikes.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KCTOMMY" <KCTOMMY@email.msn.com>
> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:41 PM
> Subject: [CR]Trek serial numbers
>
>
> >
> > This may have been asked before, but does anyone know how to date Treks
> from
> > their serial numbers? Is it possible to deduce any further info such as
> > model or style from the numbers? Anyone have a contact at Trek that
could
> > elucidate the Trek system?
> >
> > Tom Adams, waiting for snow in Kansas City