Originally Posted by
mechBgon
He's correct, though. "Alpha" aluminum is merely Trek-speak for aluminum with a Trek head badge stuck to the front, and your US-built LeMonds really don't reflect in any way on a Chinese-made Trek 1.1 (from the Giant factory).
So you continue to concentrate on one Lemond, not both. Take a look at the first Lemond, you think that $1000 bike is US made? Does it not have the same design, tube shape and structure as the current Trek alum bikes?