The LeMond Poprad: Six years of bike riding.

(October 21, 2013 - riding home from work)

Hey look it's my LeMond! It's been six years with this bike. I'm happy to report I've covered uncountable miles on this bike. I've worn out the pedals, tires, and brake pads completely.

Also, this bike has gone through lots of changes since I first bought it. I put upright bars on it! The On One Mary bars – I love them. I highly recommend it.

I enjoyed the mustache bars for giving the bike a "fighter pilot" type of feel too it, but I'm getting old and I want the upright feel now.  I also ride in a city with constant stop and go traffic.

(Jan 2014 - looking good in the living room)

Important Specs:

Frame: Reynolds 853 Steel. Black with blue graphics.

Handlebars: were Bontrager drops, then Origin 8 tiki / mustache bars, now On One Mary upright cruiser bars

Grips: Spurcycle Grip Rings

Brakes: Paul Neo-Retro Cantilevers

Tires: were Continental Touring 2000 30mm wide – now Schwalbe Marathon Mondial 35mm wide.

Drivetrain: Shimano 105 1x9 speed.

Pedals: VP Vice – love these pedals

Fork: was stock – now Bontrager Aramid Carbon

Fenders: were Planet Bike, then Velo Orange dimpled Honjo copies, now none

Front Rack: Nitto / Rivendell Mark's Rack (also love this) with Wald Basket

Rear Rack: Nitto / Rivendell Campee Big Back Rack (also love this)

Saddle: Brooks B17 Special

Lights: Knog Blinders

Luggage: Ortlieb Downtown bag

PROS:

light frame

very quick handling

all components are high quality and very durable 

looks good and gets compliments from non bike people

CONS:

Often I'm worried about it getting stolen

High bottom bracket

Needs more clearance for fenders

Needs more braze ons for racks

Alternatives:

Salsa Casseroll - no longer made - really liked this bike when I rode it though.

Surly CrossCheck 

Surly Long Haul Trucker

The Trash Bike

My Lemond: A Love Story.

I love my Lemond bicycle. It's one of my favorite things. I have been getting a ton of use out of it this summer, which I consider to be the most fun summer since the summer of 2003.


Here is my Lemond frolicking at the beach.


Here is my Lemond at the park, near the swings.

Here is my Lemond on its way through the golf course.

New Ride: Lemond Poprad

I bought a new bicycle a few weeks ago. I had been wanting a steel-framed road bike for a while, and have decided my bicycle is the one thing I will keep new-ish in my life filled with broken, vintage, and deteriorating whatnot.

I bought a 2004 Lemond Poprad off of some guy on craigslist. It was made in the USA of Reynolds 853 steel, presumably by one of Trek's bicycle factories in Wisconsin.

I really love this bike. Here are some of the parts:

Drivetrain: Shimano 105 2x9
Front Wheel: Bontrager Race Lite
Rear Wheel: Mavic Aksium
Tires: Continental Touring 28
Stem: Salsa
Brakes: Paul Neo-Retro
Fenders: Planet Bike plastic full fenders