John Thompson wrote:
>
> Martin Appel wrote:
> > Ebay-ID 5163107676
> >
> > Seller claims he bought it from a friend who had it from Lemond
> > himself.. :-)
> >
> > can this be true??
>
> You'd have to ask Lemond that, I suspect. But it looks to be the right
> vintage and that model was a pretty sweet ride. Trek was the importer
> for Gitane at that point, so I got to see a lot of them. Lemond even
> approached Trek about sponsorship in ~1982 but was turned down -- can
> you imagine?
>
> In any case, it looks to be worth at least EUR18.50 :-)
I think it's important to point out that after Greg Lemond's 1983 World Pro Road Race Championship, Gitane offered for sale a replica Team bike in 1984 that even had a brazed on number tag; also with a fired enamel steel number plate with "1" on it.
http://i15.ebayimg.com/
I'd be willing to wager that this is one of those replicas.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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