I recall some of those earliest LeMond's were distributed by Ten Speed Drive. My understanding was that those frames came into the US as bare metal and were painted and stickered here. I heard they were Colombian manufactured but can offer no evidence to support that.
Brook Watts Longmont Colo USA
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>Hello. I'm happy to finally be a member. I've used the site numerous times
>as a reference, but just never got around to signing up. I have a few bikes-
>Sachs/ Spectrum/ Della Santa, but appreciate all of the classics/ KOF's. Not
>to mention I love to ride.
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>Does anybody have any information about pre-Trek Lemond frames- around 1989.
>I've heard different things- the early ones were built by RD in Reno, then
>they were built at Cycle Sport (HH) in Philly, and finally somewhere
>in Italy.
>Any truth to that?
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>Todd Cirelli
>Mechanicsburg, PA