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worker4youth
04-27-06, 09:18 PM
In these pictures:
http://www.kolarstwo-szosowe.gda.pl/Lemond.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Lemond.jpg

classic1
04-27-06, 09:40 PM
I assume you are not being facecious! His hands are covering the brake levers in the top photo. If you look closely you can still pick out the levers themselves against the white tape on his bars. In the bottom photo you can't see them as he used to set them up very low on the bends.
worker4youth
04-27-06, 10:16 PM
I just don't see them. They look like Pista bars to me.

Duke of Kent
04-27-06, 10:26 PM
Highlighted in red. How you can't see them is beyond me.
worker4youth
04-27-06, 10:41 PM
hmm, ok, i'm convinced. I can see his right hand wrapped around the lever. For a minute there, I thought he was riding a fixed gear, but the cabling was still there...
DXchulo
04-27-06, 10:42 PM
There's a very cool article on LeMond on PEZ right now: http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3964
Bobby Lex
04-28-06, 05:46 AM
The two cables on his handlebars are his brake cables.

His shifter cables are on his downtube--that's an 80's era bike with downtube shifters.

Bob
merlinextraligh
04-28-06, 07:34 AM
Pre brifters, the hoods weren't so huge.