LeMond would later claim that going into business with Trek "destroyed" his relationship with his father. While LeMond briefly led the 1991 Tour while riding his Carbonframes-produced "Greg LeMond" bicycle, the company faltered, something LeMond blamed on "undercapitalization" and poor management by his father, although Carbonframes and LeMond Cycles "parted amiably two years later." In 1995, LeMond reached a licensing agreement with Trek, according to which the Wisconsin-based company would manufacture and distribute bicycles designed with LeMond that would be sold under the "LeMond Bicycles" brand.
In 1990, searching for an equipment edge for Team Z at the 1991 Tour de France, LeMond concluded an exclusive licensing agreement between his company and Carbonframes, Inc., to access the latter's advanced composites technology. In 1986, LeMond founded LeMond Bicycles to develop machines for himself that would also be marketed and sold to the public. LeMond also won the 1989 Tour and World's, and his final Tour de France in 1990 on carbon fiber frames, which had begun to feature "Greg LeMond" branding. LeMond rode a "Bernard Hinault" Signature Model Look prototype that year.
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Greg LeMond was a pioneer in the use of carbon fiber bicycle frames in European professional road cycling, and his Tour de France win in 1986 ahead of Bernard Hinault was the first for carbon. In August 2014, Greg LeMond launched the Washoe, a Reynolds 853 steel bike manufactured in the United States. In September 2013, LeMond partnered with Time to produce a limited run of 300 frames to commemorate his three Tour victories in 1986, 1989, and 1990. Trek believed that the cachet of the name and models offering a longer top tube than Trek's frame geometries would increase sales. įrom 1995 until February 2010 LeMond did not manufacture bicycles, instead licensing the brand name to Trek. This was to stretch out the rider on the bicycle, with the intent of both lowering the frontal area presented to the wind, and optimizing power and stability. LeMond initially offered bicycle frames with a geometry based on the racing bikes he used in competition, with a longer top tube and wheelbase in an otherwise traditional lightweight steel frame. But you know how sponsors are! Much like the Windsor decals that appeared on Eddy Merckx’s DeRosa in Mexico City for the Hour Record ride.LeMond Racing Cycles is a bicycle company founded by Greg LeMond, the only American winner of the Tour de France. The Huffy he had decals for in the 1986 Coors race was actually a Della Santa too.
I have also been a photographer in the sport of cycling during those days in the 80’s and have a few images of Greg that graced magazine covers during that period as well. I think we can all thank the poor Winter in the Sierra-Nevada mountains in 1976 as having been partly responsible for launching the cycling career of Greg LeMond (he was a free-style skier up until then). This was also the prototype which was used and manufactured by TREK corporation when they contracted to make the LeMond frames and bicycles. Typified by slack seat tube angles (longer top tubes). I used to be the rep for Roland Della Santa, Greg’s first coach and mentor as well as his frame builder and proponent of the laid-back geometry in frames.
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