This is the second thread on this subject this month.

I think the problem isn't Trek bikes but their over-sensitive owners.

Cervelos get put down, Pinarello riding dentists get put down.

Get a grip, people. STFU and go ride your crappy bike.

I thought dentist rode Cervelos? Or is that lawyers?

I have to say I would actually be pretty darn happy to ride one of those project one madones made in the US. Few manufacturers can claim that and as ugly as they might be I think they are better bikes than most.

Interesting.
Specialized manufactures no bikes. They design bikes and have them built in Asia. Not necessarily a bad thing, just a thing. In the bike bike industry they are known for cutting edge technology, great graphics, and being d!@ks to work with.
Cannondale used to make bikes in America, but they ended that practice a while back. Almost all of the major company's have caught up with (or surpassed) C'Dales expertise with aluminium, but their new carbon bikes have received a lot of press (Sagan perhaps?). They are currently owned by a Canadian company that likes to put bikes in big box stores.
Trek makes the Madone 6 & 7 series in Waterloo, everything else is made in Asia. Trek stores are ubiquitous (Lance effect?), which for many people makes Treks mundane.
Giant is the only company of the four mentioned that doesn't have roots in the U.S. They are the largest adult bicycle manufacturer in the world and make many other company's (American and European) bikes.
My point? People buy a particular brand for different reasons- convenience, value, familiarity, bandwagon, coolness, avant garde looks and technology, and/or advice from a respected associate.
Perhaps the better question is why do we belittle other peoples choices?
Is it as rpenmanparker put it, "Face it, it is the Bike Forums equivalent of middle school bullying. The parallels between adolescent school clique behavior and bicycling poserism are amazing."
Unfortunately that seems to be the case. Every forum, every industry trade paper, and every industry media outlet I read has it's share of negative comments, boo birds, and/or people who choose to belittle other peoples choices or ideas. I just don't get it. Ride your Trek, Specialized, C'Dale, Giant, or Huffy where you want, and how you want. It's your choice, your money, and your time. Suum cuique.
Sorry to interrupt, I'll go back to work now.

I've been visiting this forum daily since I became a member, and even browsed here before that. I've seen the '400W' and 'asplode' quite often.

They are so ugly that not even a mother could love them. Now, HTFU.

Before we believe you I think you should use guads in a sentence.

The rumor hear in Wisconsin is that Trek is changing its name to distance itself from Lance.

They will soon be known as Trekorelli.

You heard it here first.

The ignore list was actually a joke. I am not at all current on any cycling politics and who greases who's wheels so I went for a different kind of sarcasm.

I guess I should be reprimanded for not enough usage of emoticons.

Lawyers ride Gurus. Now back to Trek-bashing.

The issue is that Trek is the Nike of bikes: they are ubiqitous, they offer a huge product line spanning cheap to exotic, they are heavily marketed, they are extremely mainstream and they are slightly gimmick-prone. Just like Nike, Trek makes some world-class gear for serious athletes but some of that is lost because they just make and sell so much recreational stuff. Also, they are the one bike brand that people who know nothing about bikes have heard of. A guy who's just getting into "biking" invariably gets a Trek, keeps the dork disk on, sets the saddle too low and causes accordions in a paceline. In an environment as fashion concious, nerdy and pedantic as BF (guilty!), none of these attributes are going to be seen as good things.

Good thing that Dodge doesn't make bikes. Now that would bring some serious bashing!

Of course, Spesh still features Contador in their ads, even now. Just sayin.

Owners wouldn't be able to ride them because of drivetrain issues ...

priceless

No, I heard it is gonna be Trechologo... and they are gonna change Bontrager to Bonnaroo as well

I don't ride a trek because they cost more MSRP for the same components, and by in large, all low end bike's frames are made in the same factory with similar frame styles, just different brand names. Other then that I don't care... ride what you want. My next bike will be bought online, probably years down the road since I like my Felt. If any one brand still built low end frames in the USA I might consider them, but even that's no guarantee. I bought the made in china Kurt Kinetic trainer even though a US made brand was available, due to superior reviews and engineering.

Sweet, now we can expand to china bashing.

Let's throw some grammar nazi in the thread too : "By in large"

This thread delivers.

you forgot "other then that"

Help!

I own a Lemond Buenos Aires.

Should I feel bad because it was owned by Trek at one point?

Should I feel good because Greg was right all along?

Or should I just feel bad because my moving average speed is so low?

[aw jeez, not this ---- again]

I just play along with the Trek-bashing because it amuses me to do so. Trust me- I'm a total Fred, and my bike is pretty laughable, in serious cycling circles. :)

(but at least it's not a TREK!)

Oh! no you didn't...A trek, Gurl.... no ... ain't no way... For real?

The OP makes a really important point that I don't believe anyone on this forum has ever made before.

I think you're doing some misinterpreting here. Asplosions are mentioned in regards to any carbon bike, and often come up in any pointless thread. It is a dig at retrogrouches, not trek. The Trek in joke is "Does Trek make good bikes?" And the answer to that, is obviously, no.

Ha ha ha, now that's funny. If a brand doesn't get kudos by the majority on "Hot r Not", it's HIDEOUS. Thanks for the laugh. btw, my Trek is awesome...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../P1000337a.jpg

Either way, it's a bike. I bought it to ride, you know... to go faster than you. Ha.

Be reasonable. Don't just hate Trek. Hate Bikes Direct also.

I challenge those people to name one brand that hasn't had a doper busted

I thought they rode Merlin Extralighs.