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History: This one is fairly unique - it came into my possesion after my one and only visit to ebay - I don't dare go back, there is just too much tempting stuff! But it is a little piece of cycling history, so it is nice to have. I bought the frame/fork/aerobar. This bike was built for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and was ridden in the time trial by one of the US team riders - I don't know who but I like to think it might have been Lance! Although GT made a similar production machine, the team bikes took everything that little bit further. Every little aero tweak has been applied to the frame; I don't know how much it is actually worth in practice, but it doesn't half make it look fast! Before I got it, the frameset was re-sprayed in team colours by the original painter. I already had the wheels,so it was just a case of bolting the Dura-ace bits on. Despite having it for over 18 months now, due to circumstances I've actually only ridden it once - I'm really looking forward to racing it next year. I've just spent a couple of days tweaking the position to get it similar to that on the Scott. The aero bars have now been cut down a bit, had the armrests cut down and re-shaped, and had custom end plugs added. It seems pretty good now - I certainly couldn't go any lower, just need to spend some time on it before the first race. Purpose: Simple this one - to go fast! Okay I didn't really need another time trial bike, but at the time I was in the US and it was potentially useful to have a tt bike on both sides of the pond. Plus it is a historical bike - and makes a great piece of art to hang on the wall when not in use..... |
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Update: May 2006: I started going quite quick last season, getting my 10 and 25 mile times down to 20:06 and 51:47 respectively. So I felt I could finally justify purchasing a disc wheel to further the cause. And then for this year I decided to upgrade the front fork to something rather more aero to match the frame - there's not a lot of choice in 650C aero forks with a 1" threaded steerer, so I had Argos Cycles custom build a bladed model for me from Reynolds 753 tubing. The result looks fantastic, with the colour being an almost perfect match. Hopefully it will be worth a few more seconds.....  
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