On 06/24/2010 11:48 PM, Mark Bulgier wrote:
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> Dickey Greer wrote:
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>> I do have an all 531db TREK bike that has a Tange fork
>> from the factory. The Yellow Jersey in Madison, who used
>> to be a top Trek Dealer said that was normal.
> If the tube decal says "Guaranteed built with Reynolds 531 butted tubes,
> forks and stays", and it came from the factory with a Tange fork, well
> that may be considered "normal" by some, but it is FRAUD. Tange made
> good tubing, nothing wrong with it, but if Trek said it was Reynolds,
> then they lied.
Tange would build whatever the customer wanted, provided the order was large enough. Trek did have Reynolds 531 rear stays and fork components shipped to Japan to be brazed into sub-assemblies by Tange (and Ishiwata), that were then shipped to Waterloo for final assembly and painting.
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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA