here are my thoughts on the Greg Lemond Team Z...article was written by me since 2005..i totally forgot about it.
im posting it here before the images goes away.
id like to thank roadbikereview.com for safe keeping my query and for the responses i got here
bisekletaguy
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bisekleta_guy  08-26-2005 | #1 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | Greg Lemond Team Z retro classic...question hello, i am contemplating on buying a NOS new old stock GREG LEMOND Team Z frame and fork only...complete with papers intact...however dont know what the original looked like...Campy parts for sure...but what did Greg Lemonds team actually rode in 1989-90? any help would surely be appreciated ..a photo would help... |
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| 08-26-2005 | #2 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | I could be wrong . . . But I think Greg rode on Mavic components in 89-90. Anyone know? |
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| 08-26-2005 | #3 |
| Bikini Inspector | Team Z Team Z rode 7-speed Campy C-Record in 1990 and '91; 8-speed in '92. Here are links to some photos: http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image1.html http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image5.html http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image4.html LeMond did ride Mavic for one year (in '89), but that was on a Bottechia frame -- not a LeMond -- when he rode for Team ADR. |
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| 08-26-2005 | #4 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | That Z bike in the first 2 photos is a re-badged TVT carbon fiber bike with aluminum lugs. There were quite a few TVT frames being ridden with different brand names and paint during those years. Indurain and Delgado's Pinarello was actually a TVT as well. Greg's bike would have been full C-Record with Delta brakes, Scott Drop-in bars, and a San Marco Regal saddle, and Time pedals. The rims were more than likely the Campy Omega Strada, but not positive on that point. The brake calipers on that TT bike in the 3rd photo are Chorus monoplaners. The team also had some Columbus TSX frames for certain non-mountain stages that had the Z paint job. |
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| 08-26-2005 | #6 | |
| Bikini Inspector | Not Campy Quote:
Nope, it wasn't Campy. It was definitely Mavic SSC. Take a look at this photo: http://grahamwatson.com/dublin/lemond/image14.html I'm sure there are better photos out there. If I had a working scanner, I'd scan tons of old Winning magazines. That Bottechia was uber-sweet, and the Mavic crankset was especially hot. | |
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| 08-27-2005 | #7 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | the Z team frame and fork being sold at the bike shop here in Manila, Philippine islands is a steel team Z colored frame could very well be columbus tubings...extremely beautiful paint job...got two colnagos C35 Ferrari and C40 Rabobank colors... but after seeing you guys build up your retro classics...im thinking of building mine...i did start out cycling as a young man in 1986...so Greg Lemond Z team is one of my favorites...and still one of my dream projects...hope i push through with the project...i see some shops here still carry that scott special handlebar...thanks for photos....more photos please...from the web...there appears a link from SERROTTA... but i am not a registered member... i couldnt open it...the guy who got the Z team bike did build it PERIOD CORRECTLY...this time on MAVIC COMPONENTS...hope somebody got that photo...thanks again guys.  |
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| RoadBikeReview Member | seeing is believing... Quote:
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| 08-29-2005 | #9 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | greg lemond Z team bike photos guys , i finally signed up to that serrotta forum and get to see dnovo's bike! thought i might as well share it with you guys for being such a help...yes this is exactly the frame and fork (steel not carbon) that is being offered to me...the bicycle which that cool guy dnovo built is BEAUTIFUL...however i think its one or two sizes bigger for him...however this IS A RARE BIKE....Congratulations to the owner! GRRRR...I love your bike!!!!!  |
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| 08-29-2005 | #10 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | Dnovo's bike is Mavic Equipped....does anyone got the Greg Lemond Z team steel bike which is Campy equipped? please let me know...thanks! Last edited by bisekleta_guy : 08-29-2005 at 09:44 AM. |
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| 08-29-2005 | #11 | |
| yeah. right. | Quote:
who build it? looks a 54cm.. is it? hmmm.. my size. | |
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| 08-30-2005 | #12 | |
| RoadBikeReview Member | Quote:
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| 08-29-2005 | #13 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | I love that gruppo--it was the equal to the best that was available at the time. I still have a NIB Mavic crankset that was acquired as a start to a full Mavic build-up on a commuter project that never got off the ground. Saw some NIB mechs and shifters on eBay recently, thought about it, but have too much going on right now. |
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| 08-30-2005 | #14 | |
| banned | Brainy Billato Brothers Built Brilliant Bikes Quote:
Nice Italian bike! "Hand Made" by the Billato Brothers. Notice the "Hand Made" on the brake bridge. The Tommaso's built by Billato also had this feature. Billato also built steel bikes for Look and Marin. | |
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| 08-30-2005 | #15 | |
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Campy introduced 8 speed in 1991. It is possible that the team had it sometime during 1990. | |
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| 08-30-2005 | #16 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | Campy equipped Lemond Z team bike on ebay? hi guys....i just found out that djudd had another thread in this forum where in he found a link to ebay seller who claims to be selling a genuine Greg Lemond ridden Team Z steel bike...got curious...so copy and pasted again the photos from the seller (before the photos disappear!) and pasted it here...one other guy says he too saw the item for sale (a little above $2000 but the reserve was not met so the bike was unsold as of August 8 2005)...the problem is the other guy noticed that there was no number peg on this bike and also...while the bike is Campy equipped...he saw the Mavic Crankset and wondered whether Lemond would ride a mismatched grouppo on his bike....furthermore...he thinks its a scam...my thoughts are.....if you got $2000 to spend...build up your own bike...dont get scammed...very very difficult to buy a Greg Lemond original unless its from Greg Lemond charity auction or something...good luck guys...i guess the hunt is on for a GREG LEMOND RETRO TEAM Z bike.....i like the Campy equipped bike better with the Scott Drop in handlebars on the ebay sellers photo...but i also think this could not have been a Greg Lemond original unless the seller provides a more convincing GUARANTEE...... now this is 54cm bike! Last edited by bisekleta_guy : 08-30-2005 at 07:44 AM. |
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| 08-30-2005 | #17 |
| RoadBikeReview Member | two more photos from ebay seller |
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