Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Motobecane was French made , Windsor was a Mexican Bike Brand, around 1976,
at that time the company paid Mr Merckx to have the Windsor name on the DeRosa Track Bike Eddy used
when setting the Hour record at the Mexico City Velodrome
that Olympics just finished , and Eddy took advantage of the Lower air density at that altitude , to help go a little further in that Hour.
Colnago, not De Rosa, apparently.
From the terrific page about Merckx's hour attempt at
Eddy Merckx and the Hour Record:
"At the last moment Windsor stickers were slapped on Eddy's otherwise unlabeled bike. A distracted Merckx saw this as an acceptable way to thank his Mexican hosts (Windsor is a Mexican bike), but Colnago was infuriated."