Check THIS out. It's a bike at the Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology. But more than a bike, it's a great story of small neighbor framebuilders working together as corporate buyouts were going on. Kinda one of those art triumphs over commerce things.
It should be added to the above that Keith Bontrager has always said that he was nothing but happy about being bought out by Trek, by having the financial burden off of himself, and also about the kinds of power working with Trek brings. If I may paraphrase, he said that putting wheels under Lance Armstrong in the Tour De France is not a little thing. (he helped design Lance's race wheels...) So appreciate the above link, but certainly don't feel sorry for Bontrager the man or the brand, or feel like Trek is some corporate giant stepping on the little guy. I think it's pretty small-minded to hate on Trek. They do good things and have been generous on a personal level to me, and on a large level to good organizations like IMBA.
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