Hello. I recently acquired “Z 1701” from the original owner. He raced it 9/84 at a sanctioned race here in CT. He knows he bought it before that race, he believes it was the spring of 1984.
The bike was purchased at Buzz Cycles in old Geenwich, CT.
Left side is “5 P”, right side “Z 1701”.
I know the dates the original owner mentioned don’t line up with other Z run dates mentioned here. I wonder if purchase dates on some “Z” frames are a good bit later than build dates.
My seller was the original owner and is pretty certain he bought it in the spring of 1984 because he has the flyer from that race and he was in that race with his Merckx only one year.
It has under bb cables, sloping crown and 84 stamped cranks and rd.
He and his brother both bought Merckx’s and groupsets at the same time from Buzz’s.
The bike sat for the last 35+ years, I restored it.