I absolutely adore my 2001 Lemond Alpe D'Huez. I used to ride it alongside a Zurich that belonged to a friend of almost the same vintage and loved it as well. We'd often trade off.

My only real complaint (and something I'd appreciate opinions on) is that it has a not very ridged carbon fork. On the one hand I appreciate it because the aluminum frame is pretty stiff, so I suspect it adds to the comfort level (have done many centuries on it). But when I began riding it more aggressively, especially on descents, I could really, REALLY feel the front forks lack of rigidity.

There is one particular decent https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0455...8i6656!5m1!1e4 that exemplified this on the way from San Francisco to Limantour beach which has a fairly hard left turn at the bottom followed by an immediate climb (so you really want to conserve momentum and stay off the brakes during the turn). Doesn't look this steep in the picture but believe me, it is. I think I'd take the turn around 70 kph or so from what I can remember, or maybe even faster. Anyway, it would heavily load up the front of the bike and really make the fork feel bendy. Never unsafe, just a characteristic you'd have to 'ride around'.

Anyone have any recommendations on replacing (upgrading) the original Icon Air Rail fork (pretty sure that's what it is)?

(sorry for the non-drive side pics!)