Originally Posted by
27inch
The 412 wasn't top of the line for Trek, but from what I remember, there weren't any low end Trek bikes, they were all super pricey back in the day. Their entry level was at the very least upper mid grade for most brands. I would put the 412 on par with the Raleigh Super Course, Motobecane Grand Jubile, or the Schwinn Letour 12,2 from tht same period. All were $450+ bikes
Then they were way overpriced, compared to what the Trek would have cost. If it's indeed a turn-of-the-decade 412, it would have been $365 new. And it would have had Rigida 1320 rims, probably with presta valves, rather than those cheap-ish looking replacements.
And the new depiction of the bike as "like new" is beyond laughable. Would you call a bike with cheap plastic '90s big-box-bike pedals, and major nicks in the paint showing rust, "like new"?