Thread: Which bike would you choose? Trek 420, trek elance, fuji newest
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Old 06-21-14 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by oddjob2
Other than John Thompson weighing in, here is the link.

Vintage Trek - Steel Road Bike Timeline, Trek Bicycle Corporation
That bears out what I stated.

In 1986 and 1987, the 300 and 400 series bikes were made with 531- they had the "Elance" name. In 1988 they were made from TruTemper and no longer had the "Elance" name.
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