I bought a Trek 1200 (Florescent Yellow!) new in 1992 and put thousands of miles on it. It was a great bike with full Shimano 105 and the only drawback being the wheel set. They literally cracked and fell apart, but it did take years of abuse before they did. The downtube shifters were OK and now they are getting to be a pretty rare sight on the road. It probably took 12 years before the stem bearings developed a notch and had to be replaced. I gave the bike to a co-worker that wanted to get back into road biking and he installed new wheels and replaced the stem bearings. He is much bigger than me (170# vs 220#) and found the frame to be a bit flexy. The bike was stolen out of his barn a short while later and he never saw it again. Very sad end to my old 1200.
I wish I never parted with it as it was kind of cool and would have made a nice single speed for puttin around locally. I would highly recommend the 1200. Jim