1987 Trek 8000 XT
Oh, it was good to be a mountain biker in the ’80′s.
For instance, in 1987 you got to choose between camouflage and neon pink paint colors for your bike. This was important, as you wanted the bike to look good with your matching Oakley sunglasses (that were big enough to cover your entire head). In those days chainrings were oval, forks were curved and made out of steel, brake levers were huge, aluminum was considered “high-tech”, and nobody gave you a hard time if you used the word “rad” in a sentence.
Trek had a good time in the ’80′s too. They turned out radical machines like this 8000XT mountain bike, and riders lined up in their acid-washed denim to be the first to get one.