In a message dated 7/28/2002 7:38:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, skipechert@attbi.com writes:
<< Does anyone know if the 412 and 612-613-614 bikes/frames were subcontracted out? Or were they made in the main Wisconsin plant? Or - for that matter - were any of the 1976 - 88 road frames contracted out? One visitor to the site was told his 1979 Trek 930 was made in Carlsbad CA. >>
Someone may be able to correct me (!) but I am 99.9% sure that no Trek's were farmed out at all. I do not believe any were made in Carlsbad, Many of you may know that Dave Tesch had worked at Trek before he went west to Masi and then on his own, but I am again quite sure non were contracted out. Maybe this person heard that Tesch had associations with Trek and added some romance to his Trek via his imagination. I visited that plant more than a few times back then. The last time was just as Tim Isaac had been hired as chief designer.. Jim had been a frame builder, then a Mexican bike factory supervisor, then after Trek went on to set up Match and make steel Paramounts for a year? and now works for Litespeed! In any case the 400, 600, 700 and 900 series all actually shared many manufacturing steps with just a few modifications and ingredients shifted around and were performed right in the plant. They really used DuPont Imron too in those days! What other larger scale manufacturer has done that? All being done right under one roof. That was what was so revolutionary and brave about that venture! In fact, Trek did some contract work in Wisconsin for others. BioCam frames with their special weirdo rear ends were made in Waterloo. If you study the main frame though, you can recognize them as 1970s Treks.
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