Lance's new toy?

What a beaut'.!

Sweeet! What's the deal with that Crankset though? Is it Dura Ace? Just looks kind of odd.

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Originally posted by mjolnir2k
Sweeet! What's the deal with that Crankset though? Is it Dura Ace? Just looks kind of odd.

They almost look like the old mavic cranks from 10 or so years ago 04 DA?.

cheers

That would 04 Dura Ace. From what I have heard it top secert, no info on the new group till after the tour.

Interesting flaring at the middle of the seat tube.
More info on 04 Dura Ace can be found at

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?id=tech/2003/features/rabocamp

I'm still racing a 7 speed but one day I'll move to 9 or 10.

That bike must be so good cause it stands by itself. I cant see whats holding it up

Just to answer a few of your questions..

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Originally posted by RalleighOke
Just to answer a few of your questions..

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Originally posted by RalleighOke

That 'cutout' on the seat tube seems like it is just for looks. To get any aero benefit, the tyre needs to be within about 5mm of a seat tube cut out, as in a Cervelo P3 or P2K. The wheel on this bike is considerably more than 5 mm from that cut out. The new Dura Ace 2004 crankset is fairly ugly... I think Campagnolo will be pleased.

That fork looks odd.. I can't put my finger on why thou..

correct me if i am wrong but thats the bike he rode for the leige coz it doesn't look anything like the one he's rideing now in the tour... i heard someting about 9 bikes for Lance at the tour but i dont think any of them are like his Leige bike.

that foil shape seat tube will not provide a drag reduction for the wheel, but it will provide a drag reduction strictly for the tube as compared to a normal round cross section. It is correct to point out that this benefit is small in comparison to the fluid stream meeting the tire/wheel cross section, however, unless it is very close to the tire/wheel.

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Originally posted by dwatson
That would 04 Dura Ace. From what I have heard it top secert, no info on the new group till after the tour.

Only because it is interesting (not because it is of any value info-wise at all):

lancearmstrong.comBDBC1A0F4893D1E586256D0200789A6DOpen ↗

The auto-cads of most of the new groupo!! 😎

Cheers!

My dad's interested in buying this bike. It's only going to be a limited edition. Frame costs 3200$ ... Heavy

Lance with No. 121?

wow..this bike´s sexy...;-)
looks really good...

Those cranks are butt ugly.

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Originally posted by patch70
The new Dura Ace 2004 crankset is fairly ugly... I think Campagnolo will be pleased.

well I would have to say that the ShimaNO 2004 10 speed
is a bit on the ugly side. unlike the Campagnolo record carbon cranks
but i recken because these cranks work with the drive crank attached to the bottom bracket. once the sealed bracket buggers up it would be a case of replace the full crank set.

I have noticed that with shimaNO u can't fix or get new parts for things.
Campagnolo u can rebuild from groud up. for bike shops this is good easy put new part on(in 5 secs) but for the DIY bike fixer with all the time in the world. the first thing to go is the ShimaNO shifters. and to start with 03 dura ace levers are $850 were better looking lighter Campagnolo record 10 speed are only $600. http://shops.bizarsoftware.com.au/sbr/catalogue/category2/category95 compare prices here So when i buid up my new bike i chose to use Campagnolo record.