Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries - eddie mercx super prestige 1977

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TOM LAWRENCE
11-23-08, 04:24 AM
my wife and I are looking to buy a pair of hybrid bicycles and a tag along for my daughter,I have got a eddie mercx super prestige racer that I recieved as a present back in 1977 it is a little rusty but still very nice to ride does any one know what is worth please

Air
11-24-08, 09:23 AM
I'm going to move this to Classic & Vintage for you, should get a better response over there though you should probably post a few pictures (frame, wheels, drive train, etc...) to give people a better idea of what condition it's in and what's on it.
onetwentyeight
11-24-08, 09:28 AM
yep. need pictures, detailed enough to see the condition, and the level of components. if there is a sticker indicating tubing. size would be nice as well.

javal
11-24-08, 10:38 AM
If its a Mercx its anything but low-end. Components, tubing & overall shape is needed to make evaluation. Mercx collaborated with italian frame builders, but I dunno what frame in -77.
cb400bill
11-24-08, 10:54 AM
Weren't the Super Prestige bikes part of the Falcon made series?
CV-6
11-24-08, 11:01 AM
Weren't the Super Prestige bikes part of the Falcon made series?

I think you are correct and at that they were the bottom of that line.
javal
11-24-08, 12:39 PM
Indeed Falcon bought the rights to label its bikes with Merckx, but from -71 and on the Kessels in Belgium built Merckx-frames. 1976-77 could be Kessels. There are also collaborations with Colnago, Masi and Pella. Theres even a Centurion-Diamondback model (Centurion pro?) that is supposed to be a Kessel frame.
TOM LAWRENCE
11-25-08, 07:05 AM
ok every one thanks for your input pictures and more info to follow shortly