Khan
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Anyone heard or know anything about any Lemond Ti frames built by Litespeed?
Thanks!
Bob
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wwwcyclecoopcouk
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Hi
Lemond are owned by the same firm that makes Litespeed, Merlin and Quintana Roo (triathlon bikes) so all those Brand's titanium models are built to a similar specifiaction because they come out of the same factory. I do not know if the geometry is different. I always think the head angle on a litespeed is too steep for road racing compared to a euro bike like a Colnago or Merckx. Maybe Lemond have addressed this?
regards
Tim
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Khan
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Thanks. I know about the current ownership arrangement and it's my fault I didn't make it clear. The frame I was looking at was a early-mid 1990's titanium frame. The owner said it was actually built by Litespeed for Lemond. I'd never heard of this and just wanted some corraboration(sp?) of the facts.
Thanks again!
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Walter
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Reged: 11/23/06
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Just before his alliance with Trek, LeMond had a brief partnership with some folks (this was after the company in which his Dad was involved). I purchased one of their ti frames and was told it was made by Dean in Colorado.
I posted this on the Spectrum area of the forum but let me do it again here: I have one of the Z Team titanium bikes that Geg LeMond used in the '90-'91 season. I am told these were designed by Tom Kellog and made by Merlin. Anyone have any info on these bikes? Thanks.
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Dave_Thompson
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It's beem my understanding that the Ti lemonds were made by Litespeed and Clark Kent.
Perhaps a quick e-mail to Tom Kellog will get you an answer.
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Steel lover, but then I like Ti with carbon too.
Licensed bike geek.
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Walter
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I am brand new to this site and read some additional postings on the forum that also suggest it was Clark Kent, not Dean, who had made my frame.
I'll try to touch base with Tom Kellog on my frame. Thanks!
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Walter
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from: http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2005/news/04-27
"Perhaps the most interesting email we received was from Bill Wildberger, a former
***"In the early nineties Lemond Bicycles, during one of its pre Trek incarnations, provided both LeMond and two time Paris Roubaix winner and fellow GAN team member, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle, rear suspension road bikes quite similar to the design of the Treks used this year."
Lemond Bicycles, during one of its pre Trek incarnations
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The early 90s LeMonds were very different from Hincapie's bike, however. "A major difference was that the frame material was 3Al/2.5V titanium," Bill writes, "and the frames were designed and produced in Denver by the now defunct Clark Kent bicycle factory which was producing all the LeMond titanium frames during that period. and the frames were designed and produced in Denver by the now defunct Clark Kent bicycle factory which was producing all the LeMond titanium frames during that period.
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