LeMond gauging interest on rebuilding the bicycle brand
02-17-13, 11:14 AM
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I never cared for him and would never buy anything he endorses or sells.
02-17-13, 11:49 AM
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Regardless of who was building them, the geometry was different than what could be had from other brands. For some us less than perfect body types the Lemond line up gave another option. I for one would like to see his bikes come back. Or, at least someone adopt the geometry.
02-17-13, 03:05 PM
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02-17-13, 06:25 PM
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He's going to be selling frames made by Kinesis with the geometry made to his specifications, with the usual hardware bolted on from Shimano or Campagnolo, and finally branded with Lemond all across the toptube, once again joining rank and file with people like Cipollini the pornstar. Lemond wasn't even a innovator in this field, retired cyclists have been tacking on their last names to bikes way before he did.
02-18-13, 12:10 PM
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Some of his bikes were made of two materials. In my case my bike was carbon spine with a lower base made of aluminum. Some were carbon spine with ti base. Picture pretty much explains it all but it interested, a google search of Lemond Spine Design will go into more details.
Top carbon section looks like a spine. Lower section looks like ti in this pic.
spinedesign by gulpxtreme, on Flickr
02-18-13, 12:14 PM
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02-18-13, 12:15 PM
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Lemond Spine Design
Some of his bikes were made of two materials. In my case my bike was carbon spine with a lower base made of aluminum. Some were carbon spine with ti base. Picture pretty much explains it all but it interested, a google search of Lemond Spine Design will go into more details.
Top carbon section looks like a spine. Lower section looks like ti in this pic.
spinedesign by gulpxtreme, on Flickr
Some of his bikes were made of two materials. In my case my bike was carbon spine with a lower base made of aluminum. Some were carbon spine with ti base. Picture pretty much explains it all but it interested, a google search of Lemond Spine Design will go into more details.
Top carbon section looks like a spine. Lower section looks like ti in this pic.
spinedesign by gulpxtreme, on Flickr
