Gary Fischer is TREK!
..I had achoice of F/S when I bougth my MTB. I had ridden with others and noticed the lack of climbing prowess. I had buds with $1500 rigs and I was outclmbing them on my $250 rigid Trek 800!
...Took a look around and racers were riding hardtails, not F/S. Downhill racers yes but not the climbers!