What I don't get about the Trek 520 is the price. $1200 suggested on their website. It looks nice and all, but it's 9 speed with barcons...hardly super expensive stuff. The frame isn't even lugged...it's welded.
It just doesn't seem worth $1200 to me. I could almost drop that much at Rivendell and get something in lugged steel.
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