Lemond Ripoff?

[Picky]

Hi,

A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old and
wants £120 for it.

I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?

Cheers,

Picky

 

[Robert Chung]

"Picky" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old and
> wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

Just so I'm clear on this: you'd trust a free opinion offered on a newsgroup from someone you don't
know over the opinion of a colleague at work, and use it as evidence that he's ripping you off?

 

[David]

if it is in decent shape and fits, I am not familiar with the model. or the age. But if it has
downtube shifters, and is 6-7 speed, 120 lbs might be a little steep. still not bad for a road bike.

david

"Picky" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he
says
> it is about 10 years old and wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

 

[Kenny]

> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old and
> wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

When your "starting" triathlon you better start with cheap stuff indeed. £120 for a bike is cheap so
why not. It doesn't matter how old the bike is. I even ride the bike my father had when he raced in
the junior-category about 30 years ago. The thing still works. That's enough. Ofcourse i feel like
buying a new modern bike but you won't ride a km/h faster with a new one.

 

[Scott Hendricks]

There's no way to tell if you're being ripped off, or not, from what you've told us.

If the bike offered has a funky blue, red, yellow, orange paint job, and decals stating that the
tubeset is "GLX", what you're looking at is a frameset that in it's day, was a very nice, very light
frameset. I had one, loved it.

If you're being offered a Lemond GAN frame that's purple, it's probably the slightly less nice(but
still perfectly nice)frame.

Hope this helps.

[email protected] (Picky) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old and
> wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

 

[Max Watt]

[email protected] (Picky) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old and
> wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

Depends on what condition it's in. It is cheap, but if it needs £200 work, like new bottom bracket,
headset, wheels? tires? it may not be so good cheap.

And if it doesn't fit you it's no bargain at any price.

 

[Tom Kunich]

That sounds like one of the original LeMond bikes from before he sold out to Trek. They were pretty
good bikes but perhaps the geometry was a little slack for your tastes. Try riding it before buying.

"Picky" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Hi,
>
> A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he
says
> it is about 10 years old and wants £120 for it.
>
> I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping me off?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Picky

 

[Mike S.]

"> That sounds like one of the original LeMond bikes from before he sold
> out to Trek. They were pretty good bikes but perhaps the geometry was a little slack for your
> tastes. Try riding it before buying.
>

That's OK, just get a Control Tech seatpost and flip it around the other way to get instant "aero"
positioning!

Mike

 

[Etong41561]

If it's the Lemond GAN team bike with the GLX tubing from Excel it's a good deal, provided it's
in decent shape. If you don't want to buy it, tell your friend to email me a pic of it. What
size is it?

Ernie

 

[Tom Kunich]

"Etong41561" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> If it's the Lemond GAN team bike with the GLX tubing from Excel it's
a good
> deal, provided it's in decent shape. If you don't want to buy it,
tell your
> friend to email me a pic of it. What size is it?

Excel was extremely light tubes as I recall. I don't know if they used stiffer tubes on the larger
sizes. I remember an MTB made by one of the Santa Cruz local Gurus that was made out of Excel tubes
and it would pop like a beer can as you flexed the seat tube with your fingers. Scary. But it never
broke and it didn't seem too flexible for an MTB.

 

[Andresmuro]

The gan lemond was a very good steel bike, as most lemonds. and it would make a very fine racing
bike even today, provided that it fits you.

Try to get a sense of how to fit a bike and then ride it for a few hours. If it is in good
condition, get it.Before actually buying it, I would take it to a bike shop and ask them what kind
of repairs it would need, and how much they would charge for a tune up. Also, if the shop does bike
fitting I would pay some money to determine what size of bike would fit you properly.

Even if you don't get this bike, you will at least know how to get a well fitted bike for you
body type.

Also, if it needs a lot of money in tune up or repairs, you can negotiate the price with the guy
trying to sell you the bike.

Andres

 

[Picky]

Duuurrrrrr

Yes you fool because he will make 120 pound from the deal while the good people of NNTP will gain
nothing by offering their impartial advice.

Are you a "troll"??

"Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> "Picky" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > A colleague at work is trying to sell me a "Lemond Gan" bike, he says it is about 10 years old
> > and wants £120 for it.
> >
> > I am starting triathlon and want a cheap bike to start on, will this be ok? Is he ripping
> > me off?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Picky
>
> Just so I'm clear on this: you'd trust a free opinion offered on a newsgroup from someone you
> don't know over the opinion of a colleague at work, and use it as evidence that he's ripping
> you off?

 

[Picky]

Hi,

Thanks all for the advice.

I am taking it for a spin on Thursday.

I think its blue.

I forgot to say, it hasnt got any wheels.

(Oh and before anybody clever wonders how I will test ride it I am borrowing some wheels!)

[email protected] (AndresMuro) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> The gan lemond was a very good steel bike, as most lemonds. and it would make a very fine racing
> bike even today, provided that it fits you.
>
> Try to get a sense of how to fit a bike and then ride it for a few hours. If it is in good
> condition, get it.Before actually buying it, I would take it to a bike shop and ask them what kind
> of repairs it would need, and how much they would charge for a tune up. Also, if the shop does
> bike fitting I would pay some money to determine what size of bike would fit you properly.
>
> Even if you don't get this bike, you will at least know how to get a well fitted bike for you
> body type.
>
> Also, if it needs a lot of money in tune up or repairs, you can negotiate the price with the guy
> trying to sell you the bike.
>
> Andres