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

[Mike V]

Flite, Caloi Max, steel uni fork

[texbike]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Flite, Caloi Max, steel uni fork

I'm squinting pretty hard on this one, but I'm not seeing any lugs on this bike, the seat tube seems to stick up above the top tube a bit more than a MXL or Corsa would, and the chainstays aren't broad enough in profile to be MAX tubing. This may actually be a Ti Litespeed labeled as a Caloi which would make sense with that fork.

Texbike

[KJMUNC]

Originally Posted by texbike

I'm squinting pretty hard on this one, but I'm not seeing any lugs on this bike, the seat tube seems to stick up above the top tube a bit more than a MXL or Corsa would, and the chainstays aren't broad enough in profile to be MAX tubing. This may actually be a Ti Litespeed labeled as a Caloi which would make sense with that fork.

Texbike

Exactly my thought too.....loads of pictures of him on a sloping crown fork that always turns out to be a Ti Litespeed.

[merckx]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Flite, Caloi Max

That's a Litespeed.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by colker

It looked even better before you took off the perfect campagnolo build it had. Why ?

Institutional bias...

[colker]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Flite, Caloi Max, steel uni fork

I wonder what size is the caloi mxl. LA rode 56cm frames.

[colker]

Originally Posted by Mike V

Flite, Caloi Max, steel uni fork

shallow or medium drop bars. Not deep.

[CDM]

aside from this thread.."it is not about the bike"

[teleguy57]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Institutional bias...

Is it still bias when a person is correct?

[weisan]

Took these at Lance 's bike shop mellow Johnny's a few minutes ago...

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by weisan

I think that frame was built by Litespeed, not Merckx.

[bambam]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

He did, pretty sure there was a Merckx made MXLeader labeled as a Caloi....
Not sure Motorola used them but I think they did..

I got one of those.

[MilanoTom]

Originally Posted by colker

shallow or medium drop bars. Not deep.

I think it's the first edition of the MaxFlite.

[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.

[texbike]

Originally Posted by weisan

Took these at Lance 's bike shop mellow Johnny's a few minutes ago...

This one is definitely a MXL and the other is a Caloi built by Merckx built by Litespeed. That sign is kind of funny when it states that Merckx only built a few race bikes for Caloi. Being from the U.S., the only Caloi team bikes that I've seen were ALL built by Merckx (or Litespeed labeled as a Merckx).

So, I guess my point is that I'm doubting the legitimacy of the Armstrong Corsa Extra that's in the ebay ad.

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