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>>aside from this thread.."it is not about the bike"
It's about the "cocktails" put into the body to get over the edge of greatness |
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It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi. --Peter Schickele Last edited by fiamme red; 05-23-2019 at 02:41 PM. |
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Cancer will do that to you, I've dropped 45-50lbs. in the last 4 years! I went from 205 to 165 presently, been as low as 155 & I'm 6'1"
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Lance, whatever. He is who is he is, and I’m not going to lay claim to being holier than thou.
If Eddy Merckx and his builder say, “Yep, it’s the real deal”, then eff them if they can’t take a joke. Check the source and roll the dice if you’re cool with the price. |
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I want Lemonds Gitane
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The seller's blog is a pretty good vintage bike read. He's pretty heavily into all of this.
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Yeah but the dude is asking way too much IMO. Those bikes arent going to sell anyday soon.
Probably the most famous of Fignon's bikes IMO is the ITT one, and that was a raleigh but even that one doubt could get close to 6k... the question anyways is... for how much he got the bikes because if he was stabbed for 10k each well... the flip is kind'a way too hard when you go to those numbers. Sure he is getting offers behind, all those bikes are sold for unknown numbers with offers behind, anybody asked the dude whats the minimum he is willing to take?. Remember joked the seller months ago in that EM asking him if he meant 12k Singaporean dollars (i think) instead of american dollars... he asked me what i meant... so who knows hows the seller's mind works aswell you know. Last edited by ultraman6970; 05-23-2019 at 10:48 PM. |
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The ones labeled "Raleigh", were made by Francis Quillon, same as the Gitane. He later founded CYFAC after years of making frames for pros under different brands.
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THat did not know, but that doesnt take the fact (to me, dont know if to anybody else) that the most famous LF bike is that TT bike.
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Just to point out a great feature....Look closely at the front derailleur attachment on Fignon's Gitane. For a period of about 5 years in the early 80's when "brazed-on" front derailleurs were becoming a fashionable thing, Campagnolo had their method-the familiar tab that remains the standard today. In the parallel universe in France, Simplex developed their own method-a simple brazed on threaded fitting. Of the two, the Simplex method was really far superior for simplicity and ease of adjusting/centering the mechanism. Of course, being made in far fewer numbers theirs didn't become the standard. Mavic made derailleurs for this system for a few years as well...
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I rode with Greg a bit in from 1990 till he retired. I remember him doing this but I always thought it was because he thought it gave the riders a psychological "boost" So when the Tour came around the guys were on some really light bikes and felt faster. |
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Lots of flites in motorola days
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Those are actually the Flite Max model. More padding.
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