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New bike to collection.  A 1990-92 Lemond Team ZED bike. LeMonds were in fact built by different framebuilders over the years before he sold his name rights to TREK. Greg's early personal builder was Roland Della Santa out of Reno, and I've seen several LeMond badged bikes by him from the late '80s or very early 90's. Look for a star engraving on the seatstay cap for the Della Santas. When LeMond became the bike sponsor for Roger Legeay's GAN in the mid 90's the team bikes were built by Roberto Billato. Billato is a one of the more famous of the unknown Italian 'white labels' and has a long history of supplying many of the big name brands and pro teams with ‘own label’ frames. Billato frames, built for other brands, have won everything from Olympic titles and Tour De France, Giro, Classics, to races in the UK, including the Milk Race. In fact this bike is a Billato frame. A joy to ride and fast! Sometimes I have to stop and look to make sure there is not a motor attached to it. |
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