The Trek 520(TM) is the touring model in the brand’s line. This particular model, purchased in April of 2007 is the 19″ size. I used it for about 3500 miles during a transcontinental cycling trip.
The bicycle is black as are all of the2007 models.
It comes equipped as described on the Trek page, with [...]

It’s been over a week since we been home and not going anywhere by bike didn’t seem strange for the first few days home. But now, I am antsy to get on the bike and go somewhere. The problem is that I don’t really have a bike anymore. We decided that it [...]

Several people have asked if I will continue the blog. I certainly intend on posting regularly, although not on a daily basis. You might have noticed from reading the posts that I was often extremely tired, maybe so tired that the posting made little or now sense. I often remembered an [...]

From the coast to the end of the trail - endless
Average speed - Not important
That massage yesterday at the Cliff House worked wonders. I figured that I might be just a bit too relaxed to bicycle, but that wasn’t really the case. I will be heading to the massage school in Albany when [...]

Sandown to Neddick - 45 miles
Average Speed - 13.1 mph
We headed downhill this morning, which was a nice change to the start of the day, although a short-lived change. We got onto Route 11 with nice wide shoulders hoping that the route would remain like this until Portsmouth. We need to be more [...]

Phillipston MA to Sandown NH - 66 miles
Average Speed - 13 mph
Compared to yesterday, today’s ride was less demanding, but still full of obstacles like inattentive drivers, poor and non-existent shoulders, unmarked roads and intense heat and humidity. Once we passed through Fitchburg, the intensity of the hills decreased until we left Derry in [...]

Summit to Phillipston – 59 miles
Average Speed – 11.6 mph
We woke up to thunder and were shrouded by clouds. We waited the storm out and waited for the visibility to improve. I am sorry that I didn’t take the photo of the view last night, even though it was so hazy last night. [...]

Round Lake to North Adams – 51 miles
Average Speed – 12.2
Nothing has been harder than leaving home to finish this tour. I reluctantly set out this morning using a route that MapQuest spit out. Surprisingly, the route was very bicycle friendly and took us through nearby roads that we had not previously explored. [...]

Palatine Bridge to Round Lake - 56 miles
Average Speed -
The trains along the Mohawk ran very frequently last night. One of them had Mary Ellen as a passenger on its way to Buffalo. We left this morning a little later than usual and planned on having our second breakfast in Amsterdam. [...]

Oneida to Palatine Bridge - 66 miles
Average Speed - 9.7 mph
That 12 miles to New Hartford turned out to be closer to 20 miles, so we were happy that we had decided to stop in Oneida. There were several motels scattered along the way outside of Oneida.
Having Fun

We climbed again today, although [...]