LeMond launches All-Road Prolog, a drop-bar adventure e-bike

American brand’s first drop-bar electric bike tips the scales at under 13kg

16:08, Wednesday 4th October 2023

Tom Hallam-Gravells

Online Production Editor

LeMond All-Road Prolog

Greg LeMond is best known for his exploits in pro racing, but in recent years he has turned his attention to a new venture: e-bikes. His company, LeMond Bicycles, started by releasing the Dutch in 2020 followed by the Prolog, but now it has introduced its first drop-bar adventure e-bike in the form of the new All-Road Prolog.

From the outset, the brand has aimed to create lightweight, carbon fibre electric bikes and that philosophy has passed over to the All-Road Prolog, which undercuts much of its competition in the weight stakes, tipping the scales at a claimed 28 pounds (around 12.7kg).

While the lightweight theme has remained, the bike has shifted away from the previous city-focused designs, and the brand’s aim was to create a bike that was suitable for adventures.

“My goal was to create a bike that Greg himself would choose 99% of the time when he went out to his garage for a ride – and I’m so pleased that we’ve achieved that,” Bill Stephens, director of product development at LeMond, explained in a press release.

“This bike is equally suited to take for a family ride to the coffee shop, to get a workout in or to join the local shop road or gravel ride.”

To achieve this all-around design, the bike is specced with dropped handlebars, wide Panaracer 43mm tyres and Shimano’s gravel-specific GRX groupset.

Available in either a white, black or pink colourway, the All-Road Prolog will set any prospective buyers back $5,995/€5.812.95.

Adventure-ready but seriously light

The All-Road Prolog is lightweight at only 28 pounds

LeMond Cycles’ e-bikes have been characterised by their lightweight designs, achieved through their use of carbon fibre components. That’s not limited to the frame, either, with the All-Road Prolog also using a carbon fork, stem, seatpost and handlebar.

Combined, it proves to be a lightweight package clocking in at only 28 pounds, or around 12.7kg. That’s impressively lightweight for an electric bike, although it is a little heavier than the brand’s Prolog. Released in 2021, the Prolog is a flat-bar, city-focussed e-bike and the All-Road Prolog has essentially taken its design, including the geometry, and added an off-road twist.

That includes wider 43mm Panaracer GravelKing tyres and flared, drop-bar handlebars which are designed to provide stability when riding off-road.

While those features give it an off-road edge, the American brand says that it’s a “capable all-terrain bike”, at home on multiple on and off-road adventures.

Mahle e-bike system

Assistance on the bike is provided by the Mahle M1 e-bike system with its integrated rear hub motor providing a sleek appearance. The motor is backed up by a 250Wh battery which is located in the down tube.

Together, the e-bike system will provide assistance up to 20mph, which is the legal limit in the USA. The limit is lower in other countries, which is something to be aware of. It can be controlled via a small button on the top tube.

The Mahle e-bike system can be controlled through a small button on the top tube

Of course, the e-bike system only provides assistance and it’s still up to the rider to provide pedal power using the Shimano GRX 1x11-speed groupset. The bike comes with the mechanical version with a 40t crankset and 11-40t cassette. This can be upgraded to the electronic Di2 option on LeMond’s website for an extra cost.

Learn more about LeMond Bicycles' latest All-Road Prolog e-bike on its website.

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Shimano

Shimano is a bike component manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan. The company is one of the industry’s most popular manufacturers and it makes up around three-quarters of the bicycle component market by value.