LeMond 8 Concept: New US-made road bike claims biggest development in carbon fibre in 30 years
Greg LeMond and LeMond Cycles have unveiled their long-awaited return to performance road bikes with the release of the LeMond 8 Concept, a bike they are claiming has seen the ‘most transformative change to carbon fibre’ in 30 years.
The new bike will cost £11,400 / €13,900 / $12,500, and is made using a composite sandwich method, where the carbon fibre frame members are filled with an ultralight expanding foam called MatrixCore, which LeMond says it has co-developed with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US.
LeMond says the foam replicates the compaction benefits of more conventional bladders during