Lotus Sport frame

[john]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tour-France-Lotus ... 2a0abca81a

 

[JeRkY]

Would make an ultimate project!

 

[latman]

I wonder how a front mech attaches to it ? I see the holes for the cables to come out of and on the top of the top tube where they go in...

oops I have seen a black braze on FD fitting in the dropout/hanger picture

 

[paul_tea]

£2176??

I was thinking of having a punt on this, but underestimated the value (by a factor of 4).

I hope whoever got it doesn't turn it into this:

 

[Lemond Fan]

Hi Paul

These wheels would look good on our Lemonds second thoughts no........

 

[tonyf39]

£2176??

I was thinking of having a punt on this, but underestimated the value (by a factor of 4).

This design reminds me of my old Villiger eagle, I sold that for 15% of the Lotus. £2k though is a bit much even if it was an actual team bike(where was the provenance though?)

 

[john]

This design reminds me of my old Villiger eagle, I sold that for 15% of the Lotus. £2k though is a bit much even if it was an actual team bike(where was the provenance though?)

I know the seller and he's a good chap. I have a good idea as to the source of this frame although of course it might have been good to give a bit of evidence in the auction. either way it made it's money. I'm unclear as the team connection added anything to the value.

 

[Lemond Fan]

This does look 100% authentic, if you look at the pic of the seatpost you will see the rider name on the frame. This is the same text style and label that the Z and Gan team used to put riders name on the bikes. Posted a while back in the ebay section but you will see the same labelling used on the multicolour Z bike that was Greg Lemond's own bike.