Lance Armstrong's Caloi and Laurent Fignon's Gitane on eBay

[buddybikes]

>>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

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by Elefantino

This quote should hang from that bike, too. From -7's upcoming interview with NBC's Mike Tirico, part of the never-ending redemption tour:

"I wouldn’t change a thing. I wouldn’t change the way I acted. I mean I would, but this is a longer answer. Primarily, I wouldn’t change the lessons that I’ve learned."

Uh, OK.

http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?sectio...ng&id=26806437

NBCSN will broadcast an interview with Lance Armstrong following Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals... He tells Tirico "we did what we had to do to win. It wasn't legal, but I wouldn't change a thing -- whether it's losing a bunch of money, going from hero to zero."

I bet he regrets his last comeback.

[Shoeman]

Originally Posted by texbike

Oh, and I had forgotten how heavy-looking Lance was pre-cancer. He definitely slimmed down after that. Was it the cancer or perhaps a new regimen of different "vitamins"?

Texbike

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"

[don'TreadOnMe]

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.

[Spdntrxi]

I want Lemonds Gitane

[Ronsonic]

The seller's blog is a pretty good vintage bike read. He's pretty heavily into all of this.

[ultraman6970]

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.

[fignon's barber]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

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 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.

[ultraman6970]

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.

[Hawker]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?sectio...ng&id=26806437

I bet he regrets his last comeback.

HA...you nailed it.

[El Chaba]

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...

[ThorCo]

Originally Posted by merckx

The Lemond comment was tongue-in-cheek. The part about Armstrong using more than one machine during a season or three wasn't. My point is that the Motorola Caloi machine on Ebay could be one of Armstrong's bikes, maybe never used by him, maybe a training machine, maybe a back-up, or maybe raced minimally. Who knows?

Regarding Lemond, it was reported that he did use lighter machines as his season progressed; steel, ti, and then carbon. The point is that pro cyclists use many different machines over the interval of a season. My flip comment about his weight is in reference to his legendary propensity to gain a sh*t-load of weight over the winter months, followed by his struggle to find racing form once the spring season started. I love Lemond. He is one of us.

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.

[wallymann]

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[wallymann]

Armstrong saddle is usually a San Marco Concor lite.

Later, when he rode for postal.

[Velocipede]

Those are actually the Flite Max model. More padding.