Posted on 02/15/2009 5:48:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
The one of a kind bike was used in Saturday's time trial
Seven time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong woke up to bad news this morning. Someone broke in to the Astana team's van in Sacramento and stole his one-of-a-kind time trial bike along with three other bikes belonging to his team members.
Armstrong made the announcement on a post on Twitter. http://twitter.com/lancearmstrong
Sacramento Police confirm they are investigating the theft. The bike is a one-of-a-kind Trek Equinox TTX 9.9 time trial bike. According to Trek team liaison Ben Coates, three Astana team Trek Madone road bikes belonging to Janez Brajkovic, Steve Morabito, and Yaroslav Popovych were also stolen. Related Stories
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Armstrong is taking part in the Amgen Tour of California. On Saturday, he came in 10th at the Amgen time trials in Sacramento on the bike that was later stolen. He is racing in Sunday 's stage from Davis to Santa Rosa.
Armstrong has posted a picture of the bike on Twitter and included this note, "There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn off; reward being offered."
Naw, the Government just put a registration fee on bikes, and since he hadn’t paid it yet it was impounded.
POOR lANCE,,wonder what it cost.
SHERYL STOP WIRE SOME MOOLAH STOP
Prototype I’d bet, in the neighborhood of $7000. For a rider that level, the ride is typically provided by the team sponsor.
I don’t think 7k would cover the cost of the frame.
Does this mean he has to walk back to Austin?
Lance dumped Crow a few years ago. Tired of her liberal crap. LOL
Way more than $7K, I would guess. Maybe even 2X.
Seriously, that sucks a lot. Unbelievable, really.
$7k won’t touch it. Carbon fiber frame, and a whole bunch of one-off space age super lightweight parts. His regular ride is $15k plus..............red
Yes, that is why I wrote 7k would cover the cost of frame.
I Have a Merlin titanium frame that I paid about 4K for and that is just the frame.
I ride a Bianchi Vigarella - stel frame - all ultegra - $1499. Wife rides a Trek Madone - womens specific model - $2500.....bikes are not cheap.......red
About twenty years ago in Houston, a triathlete friend’s bike was stolen. She had reported it to HPD. One of the officers located the bike not long afterwards, and he described it as “a hundred dollar kid on a thousand dollar bike”..
Who cares? I checked my tire pressure last week. Is this News/Activism?
My prediction: the genius who stole the thing will put it up for sale on EBay or Craigslist
No kidding, the days of the 100.00 Huffy are long gone.
who would want to ride one..........
You can still get a Schwinn cruiser at Wal Mart for just over 100 dollars. (Made in China)
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