I have had a Trek 1200 for 6 years. My first road bike. My son rides it now. The bike has 25,000 plus mles on it with no problems. I don't ride a Trek now but it is not because I found anything wrong with my first bike experience. I have since owned several Trek owned bikes (Lemond, Gary fisher etc..) as well as other bike brands.

You can say what you want about their bikes but I have have had nothing but top rated service on any issue I have ever had with Trek. I had a crank issue that happened on the 364th day of a 1 yr warranty and they replaced the entire crank, chain rings and BB no questions asked in less that 3 days. I broke the bracket on a Trek brand flashing LED light. Called Trek directly (willing to pay for the bracket) but they sent me an entire light no charge and no questions asked.