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.
Course it helps ANY brand, when the company pushes your product heavily, something the Lemond bikes never really got from Trek. We all know why, but its kinda hard imo, to do anything w/o a companys support fully behind you? It started off that way in the beginning, then NOTHING @ the end, my opinion of course.