Originally Posted by bcipam
Since I don't remember ever seeing Trek MTBikes in the 80's I looked it up. They did make what appeared to be a mountain bike the, Trek 850, which they made uo until 1989 when they came out with the 970. Both bikes look more like sport/hybrids but then so did most MTBikes in the 80's. In 1991 they came out with the 8500 which now starts looking like a mountain bike (it was a hardtail with about 2" of front travel) and in 1992 they came out with a full suspension bike.
I don't recall seeing any of these back when. They may have been more popular back East or the midwest then here on the west coast. Here, most folks were riding Specialized early on.
That is one things - bikes are regionalized. Out here you see alot of Santa Cruz and Turners, probably not so much back east.
Again I do like SPecialized cause I've had alot of bikes by them and I know they take care of their customers. I just haven't heard the same about Trek.