I stand corrected. Most of us forget that the early Treks were lugged steel, but I guess you're right, they did make these frames long enough to count as "large numbers".
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
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> >To: "Stephen Barner"
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> >Subject: Re: [CR] Paramount on Ebay
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> >Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 10:01:17 -0500
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> >Paramounts are remarkable because for about three decades beginning with
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> (Sniff!) Treks don't get no respect. :-)
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> Tom Adams, bringing my '79 510 USA Trek to the Cirque from Shrewsbury NJ
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