Exclusive! Up-close pic of Armstrong's wrecked bike!

My iPhone nearly spontaneously combusted just before lunch today with everybody trying to tell me that Lance Armstrong was in Austin, at his bike shop, and just a few blocks from where I was eating.  Lance had posted on Twitter that he was there to do some interval workouts, so I tried to get over there before he left to get a possible interview for the podcast.

Turns out, I missed him by a couple of hours.  But, I was chatting with the store staff when I noticed a very interesting bike behind the counter.  They confirmed that it was indeed the bike Lance wrecked on.  You can click on it to see the full-size image.

At first glance, it seemed like the handlebars were bent sideways and the hoods shoved down in some horrible warping blow.  But, that's actually probably from them loosening the stem and bars and turning it all sideways to make it flatter for shipping back to the USA.

If there's any real damage, I can't see it.  Check out the bigger picture for yourself and see if you can pick anything out.

It will undoubtably get hung up in the store along with all his other bikes that have special memories.  You really should drop in sometime to check the place out.  It is one of the greatest shops I've ever seen.

Comments

[Flatman]

I wish they would "donate" those components to a "good cause" (ME)! :)