Team Lampre will be using a newly launched Merida frameset, the Scultura SL (scultura is Italian for sculpture). The Lampre version is pictured above. road.cc had a short review with many photos of a Sculptura SL here if you want for information. As pictured above the bike is equipped with Shimano Di2; we'll have to wait for the official announcement to learn of the complete configuration of the team bikes.
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Larry finds it interesting that Merida, which supposedly owns around 50% of the S brand these days, would compete with big S under using this name. Will they start selling bikes with this brand name on them in the USA soon?
ReplyDeleteI just reckon it's a shame another Italian team isn't on an Italian bike next year, & potentially not on an Italian gruppo either. Ho-hum
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