Tour Tech - Leipheimer's Specialized Tarmac SL

By Jason Sumner, VeloNews.com

Published: Jul. 3, 2006

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A team mechanic makes final adjustments to Leipheimer’s Specialized Tarmac SL.

When it comes to having things just so, few riders in the ProTour peloton can match Levi Leipheimer. Gerolsteiner’s No. 1 Tour hope often makes his own mechanical adjustments, wanting to make sure his bike is exactly the way he wants it.

The timing chip makes sure Leipheimer and the rest of the Tour peloton are precisely tracked.

For the second year in a row the American is aboard the Specialized Tarmac SL, a lightweight full carbon steed from the Morgan Hill, California-based company. The bike has a claimed weight of 895 grams for the frame and 300 grams for the fork. Here’s a closer look at Leipheimer’s bike on the morning of stage 2 of the 2006 Tour de France.