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Old 06-25-15, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by mainstreetexile
That's a 1985 (catalog year at least), the 1984 models had the model name in the downtube decal e.g. "TREK 720"

The Trek 1984 and 1985 brochures are up here with the original specs:

Vintage Trek Bicycle Catalogs and Bike Brochures, Fisher, Klein LeMond
You're correct about the decals. There's something on the Vintage Trek site that mentioned that ALL the 84/85 720s were built in 84. My guess is they didn't sell too well in 84 because of the price. There was a guy here who worked at a store at the time- he recalled that his shop sold 10 Specialized Expeditions to 1 Trek 720.

There is also a discrepancy about the amount of braze ons on the fork ends and dropouts. I thought all 84s had dual eyelets. Then I saw some with dual and some with single- and then I've seen dual eyelets on bikes with 85 decal schemes... who knows.
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