-=> Quoting David Hedtke to John L. Crane <=-
 DH> Hello John,
 DH> I owned the Trek 820.  It is in same family as 800.  As for
 DH> the bike, as a mountain bike, I loved it.
 I bought a TREK 850 this fall ( my first real mountain bike, even if I
 didn't buy the version with shocks).  I find it to be likely the best
 handling bike (on road for now) that I have ridden. (30 plus years)
 That said, I would toss in that I'm hard to fit on most production
 bikes.  That is my problem though... however I did compare a lot of
 frames while shopping... and was surprised a bit to find that the 8xx
 series TREKs vary considerably in frame geometry and sizing...
 So be very careful comparing between YEARS and MODELS, they are very
 different bikes... add component variances and you see that there can
 be problems with comparisons...  I also had some small flaws in finish
 etc... that were annoying, but quickly corrected by the dealer...
 
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