Hi, I have just purchased a LeMond "Alp d'Huez". It is a Aluminiun frame, but not a slop model, the top tube is horizontal! When I look at www.lemondbikes.com the model LeMond "Alp d'Huez" in aluminium is a slop frame. So my model seems to be diiferent from what Lemond presents.
The Frame is produced in Taiwan. And it does not look like the original model in steel or aluminium. How can I be sure I have not bought a cheap illegal copy model. The labels on the frame is LeMond "Alp d'Huez".
"Per Moerch Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi, I have just purchased a LeMond "Alp d'Huez". It is a Aluminiun frame, but not a slop model, the top tube is horizontal! When I look at www.lemondbikes.com the model LeMond "Alp d'Huez" in aluminium is a slop frame. So my model seems to be diiferent from what Lemond presents.
The Frame is produced in Taiwan. And it does not look like the original model in steel or aluminium. How can I be sure I have not bought a cheap illegal copy model. The labels on the frame is LeMond "Alp d'Huez".
Any ideas are wellcome. Per
The models shown on the web-site are 2004 models. Pehaps yours is not a 2004 mode. Earlier Apl d'Huez had horizontal top tubes, as yours does. See the 2003 Lemond archives here: http://www.lemondbikes.com/2004_bikes/index.shtml# and click on "visit our bike archive"
"Per Moerch Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi, I have just purchased a LeMond "Alp d'Huez". It is a Aluminiun frame, but not a slop model, the top tube is horizontal! When I look at www.lemondbikes.com the model LeMond "Alp d'Huez" in aluminium is a slop frame. So my model seems to be diiferent from what Lemond presents.
The Frame is produced in Taiwan. And it does not look like the original model in steel or aluminium. How can I be sure I have not bought a cheap illegal copy model. The labels on the frame is LeMond "Alp d'Huez".
Any ideas are wellcome. Per
The models shown on the web-site are 2004 models. Pehaps yours is not a 2004 mode. Earlier Apl d'Huez had horizontal top tubes, as yours does. See the 2003 Lemond archives here: http://www.lemondbikes.com/2004_bikes/index.shtml# and click on "visit our bike archive"
Originally that model had a typical steel frame, but they changed it to an aero-looking aluminum one for a few years around '98 or '99. I know because a friend has one of the old orange steel ones, which I wanted but they changed it on me. Now it's back to steel again (I think).
"Matt O'Toole" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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Originally that model had a typical steel frame, but they changed it to an aero-looking aluminum one for a few years around '98 or '99. I know because a friend has one of the old orange steel ones, which I wanted but they changed it on me. Now it's back to steel again (I think).
Lemond had at least three "Aeroaluminum" models from about '98 to 2000 or so. They all had the same level top tube frame but with different paint jobs and with different groups. The models were the L'Alpe d'Huez, Chamberry, and Maillot Juane. These frames were decently made, ride pretty good, and still surface on Ebay periodically. I have two Maillot Juanes, one aluminum and the other in steel.
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"Per Moerch Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Hi, I have just purchased a LeMond "Alp d'Huez". It is a Aluminiun frame, but not a slop model, the top tube is horizontal! When I look at www.lemondbikes.com the model LeMond "Alp d'Huez" in aluminium is a slop frame. So my model seems to be diiferent from what Lemond presents.
The Frame is produced in Taiwan. And it does not look like the original model in steel or aluminium. How can I be sure I have not bought a cheap illegal copy model. The labels on the frame is LeMond "Alp d'Huez".
Any ideas are wellcome. Per
The models shown on the web-site are 2004 models. Pehaps yours is not a 2004 mode. Earlier Apl d'Huez had horizontal top tubes, as yours does. See the 2003 Lemond archives here: http://www.lemondbikes.com/2004_bikes/index.shtml# and click on "visit our bike archive"
Originally that model had a typical steel frame, but they changed it to an aero-looking aluminum one for a few years around '98 or '99. I know because a friend has one of the old orange steel ones, which I wanted but they changed it on me. Now it's back to steel again (I think).
