Description
Trek 5500 full carbon fiber road bike.
US Postal Service Team colors (special edition)
56cm frame
Full OCLV 120 carbon frame and fork
Same exact bike ridden in two Tour de France victories.
This bike was $3800 new.
Mostly Shimano Dura Ace components.
Fork: ICON Air Rail (full carbon)
Headset: 1 1/8″ threadless Cane Creek S-2
Wheels: Bontrager Race Lite (newer than the frame)
Tires: Bontrager
Derailleurs: Shimano Dura Ace
Shifters: Shimano 105
Crankset: Shimano Dura Ace
Cassette: SRAM 11-26 (brand new!)
Saddle: Bontrager
Handlebar: Bontrager 440mm
Brake Calipers: Shimano Dura Ace
Chain: brand new!
Bike is clean and perfectly tuned and ready to ride… but cosmetically a little rough from normal wear and tear. Just replaced the chain and cassette so those have zero miles. Also just wrapped the bars in new black tape. Cables and housings also newer.
Stem was slammed–with a 17 degree stem–but we’ve reversed it to bring the bars back up to a comfortable position. Easy to flip back over if you want to get super aero. We also have other stem options available for dialing in the fit.
Excellent bike for the MS-150, Tour de Houston, Katy Flatlands, Bike Around the Bay… or just the occasional weekend bike ride. We’ve bought / sold / owned / ridden many many many USPS Team bikes like this one–in their various color configurations–and we always questions and comments on those bikes when we do group rides. Even with Lance’s dramatic fall from grace, that era still influenced a lot of riders; I can still remember staying up all night here in the states to watch live Tour de France coverage to see what amazing feats Lance would manage to pull off next.
The saddle isn’t original–it’s newer and a bit more comfortable than the factory USPS team saddle… but I think we still have a couple of those in the saddle box… so I could swap that out if so desired.
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