Help on a LeMond steel bike

[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 built by the Billato Brothers in Italy.

Does anyone know any the history of the red tt bikes? Who built them? Years offered for sale? The '91 Z team steel and ti bikes were this color scheme from the photos I have seen.

Thanks!

 

[fatfixie]

Pretty sure they are both bilato built. I have an Sl just like yours, and an earlier SL. Both look identical

My later GlX looks completely different in terms of dropouts etc..

Andy

 

[Walter]

Pretty sure they are both bilato built. I have an Sl just like yours, and an earlier SL. Both look identical

My later GlX looks completely different in terms of dropouts etc..

Andy

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

 

[Coleman]

I have the same frame as you, (with the read Top Tube), mine is SLX tubing.