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@Greycap Did you try it? At first glance, I would guess that the angle-to-horizon of the mount is going to be all kinds of wrong running it backwards, but I could be wrong.

I don't have a classic bike and I kind of want one. Anyone know about Lemond bikes? This seems like a stonking great deal for an 853 frame & ultegra build, even if it is older.


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Did you try it? At first glance, I would guess that the angle-to-horizon of the mount is going to be all kinds of wrong running it backwards, but I could be wrong.
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I did indeed, and in this particular case you're wrong - the adjustment range of that post model is so crazily wide that there's probably a good five degrees or so of it still left. There's no way a two-bolt head (which is completely superior in every other scenario) could be used like that but this one actually works. Whether it looks weird or not is naturally in the eye of the beholder but I don't think it's THAT bad. The picture taken on my favourite photo bridge, it's wide enough to allow a 70 mm lens being used instead of the normal 24mm to reduce fisheyeing and has a nicely calm background.

And even if I say it myself, this, people, is how a bike that has done 13 years and probably closer to 10.000 miles, and has had every single part except the frame changed at least once, can still look when it has had a lot of thought put into it and I'm certainly proud of it even after all these years - in fact even more now than when it was new. Several people have asked if it's one of the 650B semi plus sized models, no, it's a very old school 26er but looks pretty proportionate thanks to the slenderly built frame and the relatively slack head tube for its era.

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This is probably the most entertaining time trial I've seen. These 4 guys...

Remco looks like he was engineered for time trials.
 
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Well, I got it. It's a 2000 model with ultegra and (as a surprise to me) a triple up front. The colorway just looks so right. I bought it from the original owner (who is now 85!) and he even included all the original paperwork. He says he switched to an e-bike (with the terrain around here, I can't blame him). It's in terrific shape aside from a few marks in the paint and the shifter for the rear mech isn't working. I'm not sure if the cable is detached in the shifter housing or if something is truly broken, but it will not shift to bigger cogs. I've tossed around the idea of a single speed conversion, but the triple is somehow endearing of the era, so I think I'll just get it working and enjoy it as is. It's about the same weight as my Ti Gravel bike, so I'd say pretty good for steel.

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Eunos_Cosmo
I'm not sure if the cable is detached in the shifter housing or if something is truly broken, but it will not shift to bigger cogs.
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So do you mean it's shifting on the smaller cogs of the cassette? If so you would think the cable isn't broken and if you're lucky if may be just the limit screws set incorrectly into the larger cogs.

If it was me if it's unknown on a bike of that age I'd probably change the the housings and cables.

Either way nice bike, I'm a sucker for steel bikes and the older ones just have something about them 👍.
 
I followed this recommendation and it worked perfectly. The bike is shifting great now, even the indexing is spot on.



The original receipt included with the sale shows that this bike retailed for $2,000 in 2000. That's a $3,700 bike in today's money. So...it's technically my highest-end bike :lol:
 

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