Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries - True Eddy Merckx?

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vasilebancila
05-27-12, 12:49 PM
Hello, is this a real Merckx bike? I always thougt that Eddy Merckx are race-bike and this one looks cheap!

http://s17.postimage.org/ip34r9wnf/Picture_044.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/ip34r9wnf/)

http://s17.postimage.org/buo8nuemj/Picture_002.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/buo8nuemj/)

http://s11.postimage.org/ir8hskuan/Picture_048.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/ir8hskuan/)

http://s11.postimage.org/aadkveezj/Picture_049.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/aadkveezj/)

http://s13.postimage.org/swjtyhcw3/Picture_051.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/swjtyhcw3/)

Thanks!

Bianchigirll
05-27-12, 01:30 PM
Others will chime in soon but I think that is a Falcon 'branded' Eddy Merckxx. They had a deal to use his name and made lots of different level bikes back in the day.

http://s17.postimage.org/g7rdk0cr1/Picture_044.jpg


http://s17.postimage.org/fea6dnhcd/Picture_002.jpg

http://s11.postimage.org/fkdy8y9up/Picture_048.jpg

So it is a Merckx just not the level of bike his own company started putting out. Here in the US it would be like a Free Spirit at Sears with Ted Williams name on it. (he was a big baseball star or something)
bikemig
05-27-12, 01:38 PM
It's orange so it has to be a real EM, right? I think BG is right on this. Love the simplex front derailleur and the campy (valentino?) on the rear. It appears to have a lot of period correct bits and pieces that seem to be in good shape. Heck the even the saddle looks like the real (and perhaps painful) deal.

vasilebancila
05-27-12, 01:49 PM
Thanks, this is new to me! But after some quick "googling" I find the Falcon Merckx bikes.