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Re: The silver color was for the steel frames. The TVT carbon team bikes were different with more exposed carbon and colored panels.. Lots of photos on the net of them. Example attached (the 87 bikes were the same as the 86 ones). Check back issues of Winning for some good images. Repop...

If it is a KG 76/86, they were used by a number of teams in '90 +/-. Once from Spain for one. I believe several of the teams using them then had DA on the bikes.

Re: My understanding is that this vintage TVT (LaVie Claire era) was Campy (assuming you want to be period correct). I do not know about other teams that ran this frame. The later ('89) ADR TVT bikes ran Mavic, then in 90, Z went back to Campy. My thought has always been if it is a rider...

Re: Thanks to all for the info.

Re: I have heard from others that Billato also built frames for many brands including Torelli, Ciocc and Concorde.

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Re: Re: LOL! Anything to avoid sending them down the road....

I have an NOS, never ridden LeMond frame and fork in the Team Z colors that still has the paper sticker on the on the bottom of the seat tube saying "Made in Italy." It is Columbus SL tubing. Were the Billato Bros. the only Italian builders of these frames back in the day? I am trying to get...

Re: Thanks again Chris!

Andy, Any stamping or other marking the Billato Bros. put on the frames they did? I have heard that Roland Della Santa did some of the early ones. Walter

I just purchased an NOS production LeMond Z painted frame out of Australia. It has not gotten to me in the USA yet. It has the red tt color scheme. Photo is attached. It is Columbus SL tubing. The TSX models (later?) had the dark tt. Photo attached. My understanding is that these were...

Does anyone have the owner's manual for this vintage Stumpjumper FSR XC, the Fox shock or the Manitou forks? My wife has one that we have owned since new and want to do a bit of refurbishing as well. I believe it is a '99...photo attached. Thanks.

Do any of you folks have a copy of the Bicycling magazine issue for July 1990 (Vol. 31 Issue 6)? This is the issue with a story on the LeMond TVT World Championship Replica bikes. I am trying to get a good high quality scan of the 2 page story in the issue. Thanks! Walter in the USA

Do any of you folks have a copy of the Bicycling magazine issue for July 1990 (Vol. 31 Issue 6)? This is the issue with a story on the LeMond TVT World Championship Replica bikes. I am trying to get a good high quality scan of the 2 page story in the issue. Thanks! Walter in the USA

EDITED: But then I would need a PDM Concorde...and a Gitane. Gotta stop somewhere! I am out of wall space... ...and a Bottechia...the only other project in the pipe is a repaint of a mid-80's TVT frame I have in the '86 La Vie Claire colors.

edited: Do any of you folks have scans of the magazine ads for the Z team production bikes or any of the advertising flyers? Same for the LeMond TVT World Championship Replicas...? Thanks.

On the TVT WC Replica bikes the group is all Mavic, along with the hubs, stem and bars The Z Team ti and TVT bikes are all Campy. Ti bike has TTT stem and bars rebadged as Scott. The ti bike rides very smooth. The TVT bikes are a bit flexy (which is why GL went to Calfee for the '91 frames)...

Photo of the Team Z TVT LeMond: I purchased this bike from the second owner Martin Tweedy. Tweedy is a respected frame builder in the US who currently does all of the lugged steel frames for Steve Hampsten. Two more photos coming as soon as I cut them down in size.

More recently, after I acquired the LeMond ridden TVT WC Replica, I ran across another one (#37) in great condition for a low price. Always believing in te concept of excess in all things, I purchased it. The original owner had removed the components after buying the bike new and replace them...