Time trial bike, Tour de France 1997, new condition
Unique bike of 1997 identical to the one used by Richard VIRENQUE in the
Tour de France 1997 under the colors Peugeot (see photos), first monocoque time
trial bike in Colombus Altec, new condition, 1st hand, champagne/ red color,
resuming the architecture of monocoque time trial bike and world hour record of
Miguel INDURAIN and Chris BOARDMAN.
Monocoque frame built only a few units in the years 1997 by Cyfac, a
French bicycle manufacturing company, of international renowned, which has
obtained for its know-how "Haute Couture" The EPV label (Entreprise
Patrimoine Vivant from the French government) and which is the manufacturer of
the bicycles of Bernard Hinalut, Laurent Fignon, Richard Virenque, Jeannie
Longo, Marco Pantani, Claudio
Chiappucci, David Millar, Franck Vandenbroucke, ..., and
professional cycling teams: Système U, Castorama, Maxi-Sports, Jean Delatour,
Festina, Cofidis, ..., and for several decades, national cycling teams from
many countries for their participation in the Olympic Games: France, United
Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Malaysia, Korea, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, ...
Exceptional bike built according to the ergonomic studies of the very renowned ergonomist engineer Armel ANDRÉ, ergonomist engineer many French and foreign cycling professionals. It has been built only a few units of this bike. This has the particularity of owning a small wheel of 650 at the front for even more performance.
The monocoque frame in Colombus Altec is constructed for the performance
with its particular form in sword blade to improve the penetration in the air
and gaining fluidity both visually and aerodynamic, frame colors champagne / red,
- 650 wheel specific carbon fork,
- bike equipped with a complete high-end and prestige Campagnolo Record
Titanium Carbon Ergopower 1997, 9 speeds, composed of all the elements of the
Campagnolo group: brake levers, ergopower shift levers, black covers hoods, caliper
brakes, crankset double chainring 53x42, bottom bracket with titanium
axis, cassette freehub body, titanium cassette
sprockets 12 to 21, C9 chain, steering set, cables and housings,
- passage of cables and housings inside the frame to improve the
penetration in the air,
- Corima Carbon front wheel 650C tubular tyres, 48 mm high and profiled,12
aero spokes,
- Corima carbon rear wheel full lenticular 700C tubular tyres. The lenticular
wheel also allows better penetration in the air, its specific shape converts
the forces exerted in thrust,
- wheels equipped with Tufo tubular tyres 180 grams,
- Corima Ellipse carbon saddle stem,
- Corima leather saddle with lumbar support,
- ITM handlebar aero time trial bike / triathlete,
- ITM stem,
- Time Equipe Pro Magnesium pedals, Bioperformance and Bioposition.
Unique bike of 1997 identical to the one used by Richard VIRENQUE in the
Tour de France 1997, bike extremely rare, for its prestigious history and
for all its components used : its exceptional profiled monocoque frame built
for performance as well as all its high-end components Campagnolo Record
Titanium Carbon and Corima Carbon, all for the performance and all original in
a new condition.