Thread: Which bike would you choose? Trek 420, trek elance, fuji newest
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Old 06-20-14 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by markjenn
Okay, maybe I should have said I have two Trek 400's, not two Trek 400 Elances. As I understand it, the Elance name came and went in the 80's.

- Mark
Hi Mark,

I think it kind of went to the "lower end" Treks that were built with 531 main tubes. It looks like the Elance name left with the "lower end" Treks being made from TruTemper.

I seriously just learned that "elance" means: "To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart."
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