1999 Trek USPS with number tab

[alexihnen]

I've come across this bike for sale and have been searching for information on USPS team bikes or other examples of a 1999 bike with the number tab. I know this isn't something that people fake in general, but anyone seen one with one of these?

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200207/044c3a3e74c3847fd151091a03724b80.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200207/404f78e76d0ff2741ca24690af986490.jpg

[texbike]

It looks authentic to me. Check out these links for reference:

http://n8leon.com/biking/lance.jpg

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1294955 .

https://www.flickr.com/photos/11521783@N05/16059362948

Do you have more details on the bike?

Cheers,

Texbike

[alexihnen]

The linked photo of Lance is like others I've found - he used zip ties to secure a race number and not a tab. His race bike from 1999 at Trek doesn't show a tab either: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/43/89/5b438937bff1394af365765bee62d1b6.jpg

The bike I'm looking at has kind of an awful mishmash of parts, including Nashbar brand brake/shift levers - though the frame appears to be in very good shape.

I did find this one of Vaughters/Vande Velde at Redlands:
https://cdn-cyclingtips.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/VaughtersVandeVeldeRedlands99.jpg