Publication-Bicycling

Date-2002 April Buyer's Guide

Title-TREK 1200-Light, affordable performer

Findings:

• THE FRAME: "Most of your money pays for the frame. Trek's handmade-in-the-U.S., custom-butted Alpha Sl aluminum shaves grams from low-stress areas and reinforces the zones that need it. The robust, durable frame weighs a scant 2.85 lbs. (56cm)-much less than most frames at this price."
• WORK OR PLAY: "Trek's flippable 17-degree stem can give an upright, relaxed posture or a low, wind cheating position that suits Trek's Pro Geometry, which mimics the setup of three time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's bike."