I think the shop was having some difficulty in pricing it, and someone there put too much emphasis on the fact that the frame boldly proclaimed it was a 7.7 FX, normally a $1699 bike, without giving adequate consideration to the fact that not a single other piece of the bike came off of a 7.7 FX. The guy told me that they got a big discount on the price from Trek.
Clearly it wasn't Trek simply substituting a different, but close equal, component. None of the components were standard and none of them were an equal swap. The fork is one that Trek doesn't use on any of their bikes, so I don't know where that came from.
It would be a nice deal if they priced it at $700. And someone would have a really nice nameplate for that price.
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