Tell me about this Lemond?
04-15-06, 07:17 PM
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04-15-06, 07:28 PM
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It's definetly worth a couple of hundred.
I like it, the only change I would make is the saddle (personal prefrence) and put in a threadless fork and headset.
Overall it is a good buy just dont pay more than $500-600 for it.
I like it, the only change I would make is the saddle (personal prefrence) and put in a threadless fork and headset.
Overall it is a good buy just dont pay more than $500-600 for it.
04-16-06, 09:18 AM
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Amazingly, I even like the colored tires. Usually I hate that. 
The speckled bar tape has got to go, though.
The speckled bar tape has got to go, though.
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04-16-06, 10:03 AM
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hmmm...could be a 'real' Team Gan frame, with the number hanger thingy under the top-tube
04-16-06, 10:13 AM
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found this old post. I reckon Bing's the man you should ask 
Originally Posted by Bing
LeMonds were in fact built by different framebuilders over the years before he sold his name rights to TREK.
When LeMond became the bike sponsor for Roger Legeay's GAN in the mid 90's the team bikes were built by Roberto Billato. Billato is a one of the more famous of the unknown Italian 'white labels' and has a long history of supplying many of the big name brands and pro teams with own label frames. Billato frames, built for other brands, have won everything from Olympic titles and Tour De France, Giro, Classics, to races in the UK, including the Milk Race. These GAN steel bikes were built with Excell Glx tubing from France. I have one, similar to the attached pic.
I just looked at your pics, and based on some of the details like the engraved brake bridge, lug shapes, fork crown and the cable tunnel I'd make an educated guess and say Billato. These details are remarkably similar to mine, and I have the '94 with the Excell tubing.
Because Greg was racing for French teams at the beginning and end of his career (I don't count the lost PDM years), Campy or Mavic components would probably have been the norm. I have a LeMond Bicycles catalog from '94 or thereabouts and it shows Mavic stuff.
When LeMond became the bike sponsor for Roger Legeay's GAN in the mid 90's the team bikes were built by Roberto Billato. Billato is a one of the more famous of the unknown Italian 'white labels' and has a long history of supplying many of the big name brands and pro teams with own label frames. Billato frames, built for other brands, have won everything from Olympic titles and Tour De France, Giro, Classics, to races in the UK, including the Milk Race. These GAN steel bikes were built with Excell Glx tubing from France. I have one, similar to the attached pic.
I just looked at your pics, and based on some of the details like the engraved brake bridge, lug shapes, fork crown and the cable tunnel I'd make an educated guess and say Billato. These details are remarkably similar to mine, and I have the '94 with the Excell tubing.
Because Greg was racing for French teams at the beginning and end of his career (I don't count the lost PDM years), Campy or Mavic components would probably have been the norm. I have a LeMond Bicycles catalog from '94 or thereabouts and it shows Mavic stuff.
04-16-06, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 531Aussie
hmmm...could be a 'real' Team Gan frame, with the number hanger thingy under the top-tube
The more I think about this, the more painful it is going to be to turn this thing over to my friend. Good thing it's too big for me...
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04-16-06, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bassplayinbiker
just dont pay more than $500-600 for it.
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04-17-06, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DocJ
Is '95 vintage? AM I OLD? I like the bike, btw.
Another thing that makes it seem vintage is that it's basically pre-internet...so there's no info cached about it anywhere!
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04-17-06, 08:42 PM
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Wow!! All I can tell you is that I like it!
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