Yay! I
my 520. Wish I had the black, it does look great. Mine's green. My first one was blue, it died in an accident.
I almost got a boutique bike (Bruce Gordon) but I couldn't test drive it, so when I found the 520 locally, i rode it... and fell in love immediately. To this day I have no regrets.
OH, and I visited the Trek factory on my cross country tour of the US, on my 520. How cool is that! Saw the of unfinished fromes, 520's and other. They were so nice, I had missed the official tour time, but they found someone to give me my own personal tour. Pretty cool factory.
And how can you say anything bad about a touring bike that carries a 40 pound load for 8000 miles with out even needing its wheels trued!
