Important trek question - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

01-14-2004, 08:46 PM

Am I losing my mind? A year ago I saw a trek that was white with lime
green letters that said "antelope 800" on upper horizontal bar between
the gooseneck and the seatpost. Am I mistaken? Is there a such thing
as an antelope 800? Does anyone know where I can find the history of
the "antelope" trek model? Please help im going crazy over this..
Thank you for your time.

01-15-2004, 04:53 AM

You were probably seeing a Trek that was painted under Trek's Project
One program, whereby Trek purchasers can get a custom paint job from the
factory for a few hundred dollars. That's my guess.

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01-15-2004, 04:53 AM

There WAS a model of mountain bike in the early 1990s that carried the
moniker Antelope. It was the 800, Trek's most basic mountain bike (single-
wall rims, least expensive "shop grade" components, heavy steel frame,
etc.). Not exactly a collectible, unless one considers the Schwinn
Varsity collectible (I don't).

bikeolounger

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01-15-2004, 04:53 AM

Good point. I thought Mr. Carr was talking about a road bike. My roadi
bias is now exposed for all to see.

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01-15-2004, 08:53 AM

I think there was actually a period when trek called all of its 80
series bikes "antelope," including 820 840 etc. probably so the les
arythmetically gifted could identify them from others such as the mor
exotic (and nameless) aluminium 8000 bikes. a bit like cheap volkswagen
seem to be called "biarritz" and "fun" etc

as for the colour scheme, that has to be a matter of rather bad taste
and one to be avoided

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01-15-2004, 02:30 PM

> Am I losing my mind? A year ago I saw a trek that was white with lime
> green letters that said "antelope 800" on upper horizontal bar between
> the gooseneck and the seatpost. Am I mistaken? Is there a such thing
> as an antelope 800? Does anyone know where I can find the history of
> the "antelope" trek model? Please help im going crazy over this..
> Thank you for your time.

Already answered in rec.bicycles.tech. In general, if a post needs to be in
multiple newsgroups, it's best to post to both at the same time. The
"Newsgroups" heading in your email would read, in this case-

rec.bicycles.misc;rec.bicycles.tech

That way the replies will be posted simultaneously to both newsgroups. The
advantage in doing so is that the answer will appear in both at the same
time, which should generally shorten the duration of the thread (unless it's
about helmets).

--Mike--
Chain Reaction Bicycles
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01-16-2004, 06:13 AM

"Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<koFNb.11229$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.co m>...
> > Am I losing my mind? A year ago I saw a trek that was white with lime
> > green letters that said "antelope 800" on upper horizontal bar between
> > the gooseneck and the seatpost. Am I mistaken? Is there a such thing
> > as an antelope 800? Does anyone know where I can find the history of
> > the "antelope" trek model? Please help im going crazy over this..
> > Thank you for your time.
>
> Already answered in rec.bicycles.tech. In general, if a post needs to be in
> multiple newsgroups, it's best to post to both at the same time. The
> "Newsgroups" heading in your email would read, in this case-
>
> rec.bicycles.misc;rec.bicycles.tech
>
> That way the replies will be posted simultaneously to both newsgroups. The
> advantage in doing so is that the answer will appear in both at the same
> time, which should generally shorten the duration of the thread (unless it's
> about helmets).
>

Good point. Im new to google and it didnt dawn on me to do that. Next
time I will. And thank you for your time everyone I appreciate it..
> --Mike--
> Chain Reaction Bicycles
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]