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07-13-17 | 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KonAaron Snake

I haven't noticed Treks being polarizing, or controversial. ... The older Waterloo bikes were very nice, but there are a lot of nice bikes.

Treks are white bread.

+1. If treks are polarizing, it's news to me. They're bikes. Mostly boring. Historically interesting for the way they carved out a niche and took it mainstream. But not something to polarize people.

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