Originally Posted by
davester
This reminds me of what I love about vintage bikes. What Eddy was riding was pretty much the same as what I could have walked into a bike store and bought for a reasonable amount of money. It's not like to day where the top riders have custom-made carbon machines that are financially out of reach for all but the most well-heeled folks.
In the 70s you probably never would have heard of Ugo De Rosa
You'd be on a PX-10...like Merckx gave to his manager and replaced with a De Rosa in peugeot paint.