Originally Posted by
PugRider
Nice bike. I refurbed an 1100 a while back and it was a wonderfully smooth ride. My winter beater is a 1400, also from that era, and that, too, is a great ride. I'm no Trek nut, but they knew what they were doing with that generation.
The frame was explicitly designed to emulate the ride of a high-end steel frame of that vintage, so as not to infringe on the Klein patents on using oversize diameter tubing.