I have several years wrenching in a shop and race support.
I've owned one Trek road bike years ago. In a bike forum, we'd see a Armstrong noobs asking stuff like, "Are Trek's good bikes?" every week until it became a joke, like habanero peppers/gold hardware/birds here. Trek has made several good bike models throughout the years. I wish I could come up with an equivalent guitar manufacturer to best represent some of the hate for Treks out there... Maybe Gibson?
Offhand, here are most of the bikes I've owned:
Raleigh -1
early era MTB 1984
Cannondale -2 MTB, 3 road (sold/traded)
Tommasini -1 lugged steel road (crashed, bent down tube)
Serotta -1 pre-suspension MTB (lost in a fire)
Nishiki -1 elevated chainstay MTB (sold)
Trek -1 aluminum road (scraped for parts)
Sommers -1 custom track (sold)
Romic -custom lugged road converted to fixed gear (sold)
Still own:
Eddy Merckx Fuga road (frame sitting in attic)
Giant TCR Composite carbon fiber road
Soma Rush fixed gear (my number 1 road)
Giant NRS-1 full suspension XC MTB
Gary Fisher Rig 29'er single speed MTB (my number 1 MTB)
