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Old 09-03-11, 11:55 AM
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Cool! Super-clean bike, for sure.

Think "Pewter" for that color. I can only imagine how many gallons of Pewter Imron paint Trek used back then. Nice, neutral color.

I remember taking a nice tour of the Waterloo factory in about 1982. I was a student at UW-Madison at the time, which is not far from there, and I subsequently took a brazing test at Trek. I 'passed,' and they were willing to hire me as a second-shift brazer (with an Engineering degree) for - wait for it - $5 per hour.

"Your possibilities for advancement would be unlimited, though" was what the HR guy told me. Hmmm. At the time, I was working part-time as a wrench for $8 per hour, with an offer to go to $10 per hour full-time if I stayed on at the shop after graduation. I occasionally wonder if I should have taken one or the other of those options (prolly the one for twice as much money, I'm thinkin').
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