I brought this bike to Craig Calfee to have him measure it and he said it seems that this was the Mexican climber Miguel Arroyo's bike but with the frame not having the riders name sticker or frame serial number it is hard to know for sure. There are only 18 in he whole world! No other bikes were ever made in these colors, with these stickers, rear dropouts, etc. are all in good condition and smooth without any grinding or play.Ĭraig Calfee made 18 of these bikes for the Team Z. Except for the hubs (I never rode on these sew-up rims so I never regreased them), all of the parts, bearings etc. So the general condition of the bike is very good. All of the paint chips are all superficial, none of them go into the carbon. This bike from the 1991 Team Z has a Carbon Fiber frame (called the LeMond Alpe d'Huez model) and fork (Kestrel EMS) with the Team Z logos under the clear coat.Ĭampagnolo gruppo (eight speed) with 170mm Record cranks and 52 x 42 chain rings, Campagnolo Delta brakes, magnesium Time pedals, Sella San Marco Rolls seat, Scott bars (42 cm outside to outside) Scott stem (105mm), Campagnolo Sigma Strada Hardox rims with Campy hubs, Vittoria Corsa CX Squadra Prof sew-up tires.īy my measurements the geometry measures about:ĥ3.5 cm seat tube (center of bottom bracket to top of seat tube).ĥ2 cm seat tube (center of bottom bracket to top of top tube).ĥ3.5 cm top tube (center of head tube to center of seat tube).Īpproximate stand over height with 700c 23mm tires: 76.5cm.ĭuring my ownership it has been little used, maybe ridden 1 to 3 days a year at the most, spending most of the year hanging, like a piece of art, on the wall! Like any used bike or ex-Pro bike, it has some scratches: the right side of the fork - scratch about 6cm long, left side of the fork - paint chip and scratch about 4-5cm also a paint chip by the drop-out, clear coat chip on left chain stay, several small clear coat chips on the top tube in a line of about 3cm and the front of the break levers are pretty scratched up from the Team Z mechanics leaning the bikes up on the levers after washing after they'd removed the wheels. In 1992 I drove up to Reno and bought this bike from Greg's brother-in-law Pat (the president of the LeMond Composite Bicycles in Reno NV). The LeMond Carbon Fiber frame operation was called LeMond Composite Bicycles and they were located in Reno NV.įor the 1991 season LeMond Bikes, being the bike sponsor of Greg's Team Z, supplied these special carbon frames along with the normal issue steel frames to the French Team Z.Īfter the 1991 season the team bikes of Greg's Team Z were sold by Greg's Dad and brother-in-law in Reno NV. In late 1990 Greg LeMond licensed the technology to build his LeMond Carbon Fiber frames from CarbonFrames Inc. See the cool description and pics below.ġ991 Team Z LeMond bought from Greg's brother-in-law Lots of nice pro details and pretty close to race build, if not race build. This is from a run of 18 bikes made for Team Z by Calfee.
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