Originally Posted by
mtnbke
The angles on Lemond bikes are typical of italian steel bikes, as are the longer top tube lengths. Are you sure there isn't some miscommunication here regarding Lemond's perspective on rider fit with Lemond's perspective on frame design?
I'm in the small frame regime, but nearly every Italian frame I've measured in my 52 to 54 size range have seat tube angles 74 or 75 degrees. Lemond's frames, and the vintage Treks I've owned and those I've measured, show angles more like 73 degrees, as does my PX-10. My UO-8 is similar, but still 72.5 to 73, somewhere in there by measurement. Lemond may have learned from the Italian, but his preferences were French, and very suitable to a sport-tour rider, at least if the chainstay length is in the same ballpark.
High trail though, calculating out to about 59 mm.