Originally Posted by
canam73
I shouldn't have picked a SS. But past that, Lemonds have mostly been steel framed bikes and I would guess if they went forward again they still make steel frames and/or more traditional designs/cosmetics. Unless Lemonds were picked up by another large company they would need some angle to compete and why not go to what your known for. Most (all?) of the pics in this thread of Lemonds are of steel frames with retro/classic paint jobs.
I'm also guessing that any future Armstrong/Treks would be on the cutting edge technology wise and look like it. One more guess is that is why Trek took on the Lemond line in the first place was to have a foil to their other products. If it had proved to be a better over all seller (and profit maker) I think they would have kept something like it around instead of branding some road bikes as Fischers that aren't far off their current Trek offerings.
Greg loved carbon, experimented with prototypes in the 80s, and rides a carbon bike to this day. Lemond bikes had a full complement of high-end carbon offerings.
He was not a traditionalist - he happily adopted new technologies. I don't know why a future company of his would be any different.