loudeeter@aol.com wrote:
> Mordecia Silver provided the excellent "Origins of Trek" post. Below
> are the steel models that I have for Trek in the Used Bike Buyers
> Guide. I'm sure when I started gathering this data that I omitted
> their touring frames. If anyone has more information to fill the
> gaps, I would appreciate them. Also, does anyone know the role that
> Bevil Hogg, Mike Appel, and Tom French played in the founding of Trek
> and when they joined the effort? Thanks. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL,
> USA
Bevil Hogg was the "representative of a French bicycle company" who had "married an American girl and wanted to stay here" with whom Burke decided it might be possible to make bicycles. He later left Trek to form Kestrel (was he the un-named general manager Burke "took out" on a Friday night? I don't know; by then I had left Trek myself). Mike Appel was one of the original brazers. He left Trek around 1979 to work as a custom frame builder. I understand he is now back with Trek in some capacity. Tom French was the original head of sales. He later left (c.1983) to join Blackburn.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA