Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Wonder when Windsor Sold the name? Merckx DeRosa built, hour bike wore a Windsor logo on it
because they paid for the privilege, and the test was in the Mexico City Olympic velodrome.
It's now in a glass case , Eddy repainted it with his factory logo.
The '72 Hour Record attempt bike was made by Colnago.
If you look at the video and or stills from the event you will find Ernesto Colnago doing the final prep on the bike by wiping the tires, etc before handing it over to the UCI commissaires.
This was advised as the root cause of the Eddy/ Ernesto split.
A deal was struck with Windsor to promote that brand as being used in the record attempt.
Soon thereafter there was a poorly retouched Windsor Bike photo poster of Eddy coming toward the viewer and he is on a bike with a Windsor headtube transfer.
There are two hour bikes, your choice as to which one is the real one, the one in the glass case at the Merckx subway station or the one in the Colnago Museum.
There were two bikes on hand in Mexico.
I vote for the one with the Pino stem and magnesium hub shells and pedal bodies.
Merckx then went with DeRosa for his mounts mostly. Possibly Kessels too still.
Probably not a bad choice as DeRosa helped Eddy set up the Belgium Merckx factory.
You think Colnago would do that? Even for a price?
There is an interesting short period where DeRosa was building Merckx's actual road race bikes and Ernesto was building Eddy Race replica bikes... with the Eddy Merckx branding on them.
One last opportunity?