Originally Posted by
ramzilla
Trek has been making the 520 for several decades and, it's not unusual to see 40 year old models with 100,000 miles on the clock still being used as daily riders.
The frames are made in China now, not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that, but we should be rational and look past the badge at what we're getting for our $$$ these days. Bicycle brands have never changed hands for more or meant less than in the last decade or so. What concerns me more than the Chinese frame is the junk BSO-style Chinese headset they come with these days. You used to get a decent Cane Creek. What are they thinking?