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Just wondering if anybody is still riding these wonder machines from the TDF of the past and your impressions still if any. Pics would be sweet!! Thanx's!  

I have the LeMond Maillet Jaune variant of it I bought in 1997ish. I recall the first day I got it on the road. It was so much stiffer than my LiteSpeed classic. It was jarringly stiff by comparison. Of course, my bike right after that (an aero aluminum frame) was jarringly stiff and the OCLV felt much more compliant by comparison and the Litespeed like a spaghetti noodle. Perspective changes ... I recall I had Shimano DuraAce downtube shifters on it originally but then DuraAce 9speed with primarily the Mavic Cosmic Carbones. A few years later I then upgraded to Campy 9 speed (post 2001 9 spd) with a few same 9spd upgrades/replacements along the way. It lived that way for a long time until a few years ago I upgraded it to 2018 Campy SR/Chorus 11 speed with Campy Bullet Ultra wheels as the main wheelset. I also upgrade the handlebar/stem setup to 31.8 aero bars and stem (major stiffness upgrade). I have about 1,400 miles on it so far this year, and last year was 1,500 miles. I have 3 road bikes though that share in duties.  

I think the bikes would hold up, but i think everyone's butt's gave that up!  

duriel said: I think the bikes would hold up, but i think everyone's butt's gave that up! Click to expand...

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I had a 5200. It was my main bike until 2013 when I went C59. Continued to ride the 5200 winters and when my Colnago was being packe for Vacation but I finally got a gravel bike in 2015 and after that the Trek just didn't offer any advantages. It just wasn't competitive anymore as a bike. I junked it last year. Just didn't have room an with a C59, C64 and a Firefly it was simply time. It might have become a commuter bike but the Dahon folds and I can bring it into stores. The 5200 was usps. If i recall the 5200 and 5500 were identical except one was ultegra while the other dura ace  

Trek_5200 said: If i recall the 5200 and 5500 were identical except one was ultegra while the other dura ace Click to expand...

Still have and ride a 1996 oclv . Up graded the fork but otherwise it’s pretty much stock from 1996. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk  

I had a 5200 the first year they came out and then was replaced with a 5500 when the BB broke. Rode it over 10 years it was a great bike and nothing wrong with it compared to todays bikes. I bought a used frame off eBay for cheap and built it up for my daughter. I do like my current Cannondale EVO, but it is not a huge difference.  

I rode a 5900 for several years. That was the first year they offered frames with full 110 oclv tubing. Had a different USPS paint job than what came on the 5500. The bike had a wishbone seatstay and I was more comfortable at speed and cornering on that bike than any other bike I've owned. The frames (and fork w/ aluminum steerer tube) are obsolete boat anchors by today's standards, but still it's not a bad bike to be riding today.  

My 5200 handled ok, it was a pretty dead ride and is nothing compared to the bikes built today. Sorry, otherwise why are you not riding it now?  

I never understood why people thought the early Madones felt 'dead', but that's not the first time I've heard that. Why aren't I riding it now? Well, I've gotten four new road bikes in the 19 years or so since I got that one.  

I've got two Madone 5.2 bikes hanging in the garage that don't get ridden. My Ritchey Road Logic weighs the same (similarly equipped) and rides better. These older Trek carbon bikes are not that light. They handle great, ride a bit stiff, and lack tire clearance for wider tires. I'm running 23 mm Continental 4000 S tires, which measure almost 25 mm mounted. Made in the USA though.  

You have to remember that back then, a bike under 20 lbs. was gee whiz light. And almost all bikes of that era don't have clearance for tires that are marketed as 25 mm and up tires these days. I had a Kestrel 200 sci back in the early 1990's, it was an exotic bike at the time when steel was still real.  

My impression was not great. Didn't buy one back then. Other carbon bikes from the same period gave better road feel. Still ride a Calfee. Agree on the comment that many early Ti bikes were noodly  

768Q said: About 5 years ago I happened across one of Kevin Livingston's frames from the '99 season (only year for the quill stem USPS bike). I built it up with NOS 7800 Dura Ace 10 speed stuff and then built one up for the wife in her size, try to get them out a few times a year. Still a great riding bike in my opinion. Click to expand...

@farva thanks and agreed 7700 crankset would look good, one would really have to look to notice the 10 speed then. Keith  

Spinman said: Just wondering if anybody is still riding these wonder machines from the TDF of the past and your impressions still if any. Pics would be sweet!! Thanx's! Click to expand...

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1992 Trek 5500 OCLV

1992 was the year that Trek introduced their OCLV carbon fiber bikes to the cycling world. 

1992 Trek 5500, the start of a winning streak

OCLV stood for Optimum Compaction, Low Void.  The label was more than marketing hype.  Trek used high grade carbon material and well engineered tooling to mold each lug and tube individually.  By using this method instead of trying to create an entire bike frame in a single shot, Trek’s engineers were able to reduce the amount of epoxy and fillers left over in the completed frame.  The carbon molds squeezed the tubes extremely tight, reducing the size and number of “voids”, and leaving them with “optimum compaction” of the material.  This patented “OCLV” method is still used today by Trek and the aerospace companies that license their process.

Optimum Compaction, Low Void carbon fiber

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This bike probably looks like any other that you would see in the shop today, but remember that carbon fiber pioneers like Trek, Kestrel, Look, and Colnago were flying by the seat of their pants thirty years ago.  Some of the bikes they came up with were radically different at the time, and some have stood the test of time.

This wonderful piece of cycling history was originally owned by our friend Michael Powers of Summit, New Jersey.  This baby is not stock.  Michael spared no expense while building this bike, opting for Campagnolo’s swoopy and aerodynamic looking Record component group, Look “Carbon Arc” pedals, and Modolo’s anatomic handlebar.

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OCLV Carbon is Trek’s patented carbon fiber process, the result of more than 25 years of experience building the world’s finest carbon fiber bicycles in Waterloo, Wisconsin, USA. Experience matters, especially when working with a material that holds seemingly endless possibilities but presents such unique challenges as carbon fiber. To understand the best technology, you have to build it, and we’ve been doing just that since 1991.

Why OCLV Carbon?

A well-built carbon frame dramatically reduces weight compared to metallic materials, while maintaining the strength and stiffness that high performance bicycles and their riders demand. This is where Trek’s pioneered and patented OCLV Carbon—an acronym for Optimum Compaction Low Void—process comes in. OCLV Carbon frames begin with the best material available. Trek has spent countless development hours perfecting the construction of a variety of weights and types of carbon (cloth, unidirectional, etc.). The OCLV process is best explained when broken down into two parts:

Optimum Compaction: Carbon is layered into a series of plies compacted to the ideal fiber-resin ratio. The process starts with cutting carbon fiber from large sheets to a specific shape which is then placed into a mold. A combination of heat and pressure then compresses the sheets of carbon into a carbon lug. This combination of heat and pressure is OCLV’s most essential and closely guarded equation. Low Void: Voids are the spaces that exist between the layers of carbon fiber that comprise a component or frame. Minimizing these voids is the primary goal of quality carbon engineering, as more voids translates to reduced strength and durability of the composite material. OCLV Carbon exceeds aerospace standards regarding the number of voids in its material.

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In addition to sizeable reductions in weight, the largest advantage of carbon fiber frames over another material are the limitless shapes that the material can be molded into. Different shapes exhibit different strength, stiffness, and aerodynamic properties. Trek utilizes Finite Element Analysis, a comprehensive software simulation toolkit, to tell us exactly how different shapes will respond to different riders and riding surfaces. We utilize proven theories of fluid mechanics through Computational Fluid Dynamics in order to explore the aerodynamic properties of various designs. Our bikes are conceived with computer-generated designs, fluid-dynamically assessed and finite analyzed, and the resulting shapes appear seamlessly machine-made. At the end of the day, these complex scientific investigations are applied in a hands-on, ground-up process that combines multiple molds with a variety of carbon materials to result in a magnificently engineered and largely hand-built product.

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Mountain biking is about pushing the limit of where your bike can take you. Riding on every conceivable surface in hostile conditions takes a toll on any material. To develop OCLV Mountain, Trek’s engineers developed a methodology borrowed from the aerospace industry to ensure our frames were up to the challenge: Retained Strength. The philosophy is simple and based around the single question of how durable a frame remains following impact. By employing different composite materials in unique layups specifically in typical high damage areas, Trek’s engineers have created frames that now retain their ability to bear load after an impact surpassing even their aluminum counterparts.

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Taking durability to another level, Trek’s development team created Carbon Armor, a highly refined elastomeric designed to slow down and spread the distribution of a sharp impact to the frame. Carbon Armor essentially decreases the immediate impact of a rough hit the frame feels, leaving you feeling more confident than ever to go after that next drop.

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Trek builds bikes to last and we stand behind every one that we bears our name. Just as the first Trek hand-welded over forty years ago in a red barn, our first full carbon frame is still under warranty. All OCLV Carbon bicycles come with a limited lifetime warranty, because we believe that more people riding bikes is in everybody’s best interest.

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High carbon frame quality for the money. It is worthy to do upgrades as needed. -- Roll Off Dumpsters

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It's short in the front, so I feel like I'm moving head first into traffic so I swapped out the handlebars for a taller aluminum pair. I'm much happier with it now.

I just bought this bike used from a retailer in Miami. I nearly bought an English touring bike but the owner answered the phone leaving me alone. I picked up both bikes and carried them around for a minute simulating carrying it up a flight of stairs. I fell in love with the Trek. I don't race so I took off the racing tires, handlebars and pedals. What an amazing street bike it has become. This is my first graphite, it's tall, fast and I am delighted with it! For those considering a Trek racer, I am over 50, female, frugal and active. So if you are too I recommend the 5000!!

Stiff and light and very responsive and can carry a heavy man.

Bought this bike new in 2003 and have put 15K + miles on it in races and mostly training rides throughout Texas and New Mexico. I liked the paint scheme over a specialized, which was a little lighter by .3 lbs.. This one weighed in at 16.6 lbs in a 54cm frame. Talk about a smooth ride. I road a Schwinn Letour 50 miles one day when I was in my late 20's and thought I would die even though I had been riding 20 miles several times a week. At 50, after buying this bike and riding if for a couple of weeks, I rode 60 miles and could not believe that I did not die! lol A great bike for my first carbon bike and one that I will keep until I cannot ride anymore. Thanks Trek for a great ride! I am now in the process of upgrading this one into a compact x 11 speed to ride in Thailand where I now live. For the money, I cannot find a replacement Trek near as light as this one so that is why I am upgrading this frame.

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Some of the original parts, seat, wheels etc.

I have had this ride now for 5yrs, and I always threaten to upgrade, never have and probly never will. The $2300 are cdn funds. This ride and I have an understanding...it's great when you get to this level with a ride. When I first got it I went down twice...HARD...lots of skin left on asphalt and destoyed so nice kits. The bike suffered a few minor scatches that Mercedes silver touched up nicely. I cycle about 4500k per year, lots of hills and distances. This ride preforms awesomely. Its a frame that,over time, will lend itself to many nice upgrades without dropping a small fortune on a new ride.

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High carbon frame quality for the money. It is worthy to do upgrades as needed.

Bontrager components, except the seatpost

I bought this bike in Sept 2004, as a 2005 model. It is the OCLV 120 frame with OCLV 110 fork. So, after more than 5 years of training and racing on it, I guess, I can give my feelings about it. This review will be more on the frame which is worthy of future upgrades, than in the bontrager components, which I think, are of low quality in general, at leats in these price range. I've put on the miles (2500-3000/year) and the frame looks to be able to take it in stride, able to hold true over the long haul on rough training roads.The best advantage about this bike geometry is its ablity to climb, and accelerate in intervals as go up.

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The price for what you get..... Compared to my Madones, it really is a great bike !!!!!!

The stock saddle and the Bontrager Select wheels.... But the wheels are great for training......

I currently own 4 Madones (3 with OCLV 55 and 1 with OCLV 110) and got this bike as a training bike.... Wow was I surprised on how well the TCT carbon rode.... The only change out I did was the seatpost and saddle (Switched to Bontrager X-lite post and Selle San Marco Aspide Composite saddle).... Very surprised on how well this bike performs for the price..... Plus the silver paint looks great !!!!! Compared to my Madones, I really love this bike.... Now I am going to build it with DA 7800 and put on Bontrager X lite wheels.....

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smooth, shimano ultegra componentry is nice

seat is horrible, and bontrager tires are crap

had it for 2 years and have had zero problems, great value for money for a full carbon bike. Have had 2 quite bad crashes on it and it's still going strong! Great first all carbon bike

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Smooth shifting on flats and hills.

Changed seat after first ride. Bontrager tires are fair. Changed them out within 2 months.

My first "real" bike coming off Trek 370. Steel frame and carbon fork. Great price for all carbon frame, 105 components. Did not come with a triple. Changed to compact crank. Smooth ride on all types of roads.

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Heavier than I expected for a carbon bike. My Cannondale aluminum is much lighter. Suspect the heavier weight are from the stock Bontrager Select wheelset. Stock seat was horrible, numbingly painful and swapped it out. Paint and faux carbon decals covered the natural beauty of carbon fiber.

My first all carbon bike. Like how it smooths out a ride. Especially the longer rides. Initially did not like having triple cranks and was going to change to standard double cranks. But after several hill rides decided to keep it.

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Have carbon bikes reached classic status yet?

Now that early carbon is decades old, is it retro cool?

Matthew Loveridge

Carbon is old enough to vote. It’s saving up for a deposit on its first house. It’s getting a dog as a practice child. What I’m trying to say is, carbon has been around for a long time, and it’s fair to say that it’s fully matured as a material out of which to make bicycles.

Now that carbon is so well established, does it finally hold retro appeal? I’m not sure. It’s certainly earned its place in history, but that doesn’t mean it’s actually appealing to the wider cycling public, particularly given the sport’s fixation on the new and shiny.

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Things tend to follow a certain pattern when it comes to how they’re valued and whether they’re perceived as cool.

New stuff is automatically edgy and exciting. Slightly old stuff is boring and passé, and properly old things, if they were interesting enough to begin with, become cool and collectable. Sometimes.

Trek’s first carbon road bikes are perhaps a good case study. The 5500 and 5200 OCLV launched way back in 1992, the same year Ford brought out the first Mondeo and Microsoft debuted Windows 3.1.

To modern eyes, these bikes look utterly dated. The main frame tubes appear oddly skinny next to an enormously chunky seat cluster and head tube, while the 1in quill stem, external headset and slim fork legs look positively emaciated.

It’s very noticeable how much more metal is on display on bikes of this era — the main frame is carbon, but there are metal dropouts, headset cups, bottom bracket inserts, cable guides and more.

Truncated aerofoils and integrated-everything were still decades away at this point, so cables are fully external and these bikes were typically fitted with lightweight, ultra-low-profile alloy wheels, the antithesis of deep-section carbon.

Is the 5500 cool? With appreciation of what it represents, I think it is, but I’d also say it lacks the elegance of truly classic machines — think Eroica-style steel — and looks ungainly and crude compared to current bikes.

Going further back, Look’s KG86 is certainly deserving of classic status, being one of the earliest production carbon frames as well as the bike on which Greg LeMond won the 1986 Tour de France .

It’s a far cry from the monocoque machines that came later, constructed with simple straight carbon tubes that meet at metal lugs.

Aesthetically, it closely resembles its steel contemporaries and if you painted over its carbon tubes it would be hard to tell it apart from its ferrous brethren.

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Leaving aside its historical significance, the Look is just pretty. Everything is in proportion and the slender lines speak to light weight and performance.

But while it’s desirable and interesting, I wouldn’t even place the Look in the same category as modern carbon because they have so little in common with one another.

Jumping forwards again, the bikes of the 2000s feel much more familiar.

Scott launched the original CR1 in 2003 and it arguably marked the start of a new era of lightweight bikes, using an ingenious variant on tube-to-tube construction that did away with completely with lugs and reduced the amount of material needed to create a strong frame.

Over time, this style of construction evolved into something more closely resembling a true monocoque (where the joints are constructed as a whole rather than created by joining tubes) although I use this term advisedly as even very lightweight modern frames often have multiple sub-assemblies that slot into one another. (And yes, there are still fully-lugged hold-outs such as Colnago’s C-series bikes, but they’re the exception.)

The CR1 looks somewhat dated when it’s built with noughties components and the way it wears its carbon on its sleeve, rather than hiding it under paint, is very much of its time.

It’s a fundamentally modern bike however, and if you built one with a current groupset and the latest finishing kit, it could almost pass as a new machine.

Again, I think the CR1 is cool because of what it represents, but it’s also too new in my opinion to have any retro charm.

What you perceive to be cool is also heavily influenced by your age and experience. Raleigh can charge £600 for a replica Burner because the Generation-X kids that lusted after Burners in the eighties have grey hair and money now, and nostalgia is a powerful drug.

I got seriously into cycling in the late 2000s when the first generation Scott Addict was new and Mark Cavendish was dominating sprints on his Columbia–HTC team bike.

Partly influenced by his successes, I bought my own Addict, with the second-tier HMF frame because I’m not rich. It’s still a bike I hold close to my heart, the standard against which every subsequent purchase and test bike was measured.

To me, there is little cooler than an Addict of that era tastefully built, but I’m sure not everyone feels that way. To each their own. We all have our influences.

Is old carbon cool? Is it classic? Are you gagging for some noughties monocoque? Let me know your thoughts in the comments and please do show us your classic naked lay-up.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to the original Scott CR1 as a monocoque frame. Thank you to commenter Speedneedle for setting me right.

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Trek 5500 OCLV Carbon Road Bike 56cm Dura-Ace 9-Speed

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In 1999 Trek Bicycles became the first bike manufacturers outside of Europe to win the world’s most prestigious bicycle race, the Tour de France , with US Postal Service leader  Lance Armstrong ‘s triumphant performance. Armstrong and his unrelenting teammates race on stock Trek 5500 OCLV carbon frames, making them the only team in the Tour de France to race on frames identical to those that are available to consumers around the globe. Thanks to Optimum Compaction, Low Void ( OCLV ) technology, the 5500 was the world’s lightest production frameset, weighing in at a scant 912g .

We are offering  a very very similar bike to TDF 1999 winner’s bike Lance Armstrong . Same frame and size, same groupset, same saddle and handlebar type, same wheelset. Needless to say that this bicycle is a unique piece. Very good condition , with Octalink computer included. An iconic racing bicycle perfect to enrich any classic bicycle collection or just to enjoy a fast and comfortable ride.

Frame & Fork : Trek 5500 OCLV, Team Edition US Postal

• seat tube (c-t): 57,5cm
• top tube (c-c): 56cm
• headset tub: 14cm
• standover   81,5cm

Front Derailleur : Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Rear Derailleur : Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Crankset : Shimano Dura Ace 7700 53/39

Bottom Bracket : Shimano Dura Ace

Stem : Ritchey 120mm

Handlebar : Deda Classic 42cm

Brakes : Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Brake Levers / Shifters : Shimano Dura Ace 7700

Casette : Shimano Dura ace 7700, 23-11

Hubs : Rolf

Rims : Rolf Vector PRO

Tires: Michelin Lithion 2 23/622

Seat Post : Shimano Dura Ace

Seat : Selle San Marco Concor

Chain : Shimano Dura Ace

Handlebar Tape : New blue cork

Pedals : Welgo (NOS, cleats included).

Condition : Used. The bike is in very good condition. The frame has no cracks, no dents and is not bent. The original paint has a few little touchups, otherwise it is in excellent condition. Octalink computer is functioning. All parts are working fine.

Era : late 1990s

Price: SOLD (November 2016)

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TREK 5500 – Project One – full CARBON frame – 60cm

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Sometimes we buy fully built up bikes….

And sometimes we find really great deals on really bad ass frames–and build them from the ground up!

This is a really sweet TREK 5500 “Project One”, custom factory painted–full OCLV 120 carbon–frameset.

Bontrager Race X Lite fork + Cane Creek headset & seatpost collar.

The original bike was a full Dura Ace build… and cost about $3800 to $4000 new.

If you are looking for a very nice road bike in the 59 / 60 / 61cm range, this might be the perfect frame for you.

We can collaborate together to create a truly unique–smokin’ hot–bike just for you.

You pick the groupset (Dura Ace, Ultegra, 105… or maybe something more exotic like Campy Record or Chorus… or SRAM Red or Force).

You pick the wheelset.  (We have many in the shop… or maybe you have your own… or we can order something special.)

You pick the stem, the bars, the seatpost, the saddle, the cables, the chain, the cassette, the tires, the housings, the bar wrap… anything goes with a custom build!

This could be built up as more of a racer… or endurance fit… or even light touring.

We have built and sold many a custom bike over the past few years… it’s a fun process and not as expensive as you might think.

Depending on all of the above you might be talking about a total investment of as little as $1100 to $1200 for a fully built up bike… or as much as ???  (The sky’s the limit.)

This is a pre-owned / used frame… so it has the usual cable rub here and small rock chips there… but nothing major and nothing structural.

Add to your wishlist and let us know what you have in mind.

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Weight = 4lb 4oz

Steerer Tube = 1 1/8″ with 43mm Stack Height above the top of headset

BB Shell width = 68mm-English

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Seatpost = 27.2mm

Effective Top Tube length = 58.2cm

Seat Tube height = 60cm

Seat Tube angle = 72.8 degrees

Standover height = 82.8cm

Wheelbase = 100.1cm

Head Tube height = 159mm

Head Tube angle = 73.8 degrees

Fork Trail = 56mm

Fork Offset = 40mm

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