Decoding of Eddy Merckx frames
03-09-25 | 10:56 AM
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thread readers and monitor,
i'm curious about the merckx corsa 01 that i purchased decades ago but just rebuilt.
On the bb there is an h to the drive side and to the non-drive side there is f 8556.
The frame was sold to me as a nos respray in the early 2000s.
Still a newbie so can't post photos yet...
Any info would be appreciated.
Thank you
i'm curious about the merckx corsa 01 that i purchased decades ago but just rebuilt.
On the bb there is an h to the drive side and to the non-drive side there is f 8556.
The frame was sold to me as a nos respray in the early 2000s.
Still a newbie so can't post photos yet...
Any info would be appreciated.
Thank you
04-07-25 | 10:47 AM
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Bikes: several Eddy Merz (ride like Eddy, braze like Jim!)
This confuses me. Internal Cabling + SLX + flat crown fork.
Serial number is: H 5X 3816 B
What can you tell me about it? Is it just the wrong fork?
Oh, and thank you for the work you do. Amazing…
Robert
Serial number is: H 5X 3816 B
What can you tell me about it? Is it just the wrong fork?
Oh, and thank you for the work you do. Amazing…
Robert
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05-18-25 | 06:22 AM
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Bikes: Colnago Super (panto) - Gios Professional (1st Generation C-Record) - Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra (Team USA) - Barellia Reynolds 531 - Fully chromed Columbus steel bike (Patelli?) Super Record Titanium
Hi there,
What model is this, please?
Left side: 0 (and what might be a "P"?)
Right side: Z 6295
Is this a Professional, size 50 c-c?
Thank you!
What model is this, please?
Left side: 0 (and what might be a "P"?)
Right side: Z 6295
Is this a Professional, size 50 c-c?
Thank you!
Last edited by Nuovo Record; 05-18-25 at 01:47 PM.
05-20-25 | 02:18 AM
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It is most likely to be the Merckx 84 (i.e. the late “Professional”). Z6295 is early 1986, P is the EMC employee code (‘flipped’ not to be confused with R which stood for Reynolds 531 tubing), 0 is a size 50 or 60. There's a chance it's a Pro, but I need a brake bridge photo to verify that. It's definitely not a Corsa or 3-Athlete.
05-26-25 | 05:43 AM
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Bikes: Colnago Super (panto) - Gios Professional (1st Generation C-Record) - Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra (Team USA) - Barellia Reynolds 531 - Fully chromed Columbus steel bike (Patelli?) Super Record Titanium
Thank you!
Hope this helps. Can you see anything?
Hope this helps. Can you see anything?
Last edited by Nuovo Record; 05-26-25 at 09:57 AM.
05-29-25 | 11:06 AM
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From: Fort Collins, CO
Bikes: 1974 Paramount ~ 1974 Raleigh Pro ~ 1977 Pro-Tour ~ 1978 TX900 ~ IronMan 85,87:E/M,88:M/Pro,89:E ~ 98 Peugeot Festina Replica
Just picked this one up, as you can see its a little dirty, I can get a pic but it is in good shape and needs new decals.. someone removed them already, Thinking its a Corsa from late 80's maybe early 90's?
Left up H
Left Down 7C
Right up B
Right down 7430
Left up H
Left Down 7C
Right up B
Right down 7430
06-01-25 | 08:57 PM
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Bikes: Colnago Super (panto) - Gios Professional (1st Generation C-Record) - Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra (Team USA) - Barellia Reynolds 531 - Fully chromed Columbus steel bike (Patelli?) Super Record Titanium
Thank you. Much appreciated!
06-23-25 | 10:47 AM
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Bikes: 1968 R.E.W. Reynolds Touring 1981 Eisentraut Model A 1983 Specialized Expedition 1985 Merckx Professional 1986 Tommasini Racing 1986 Merckx Team Panasonic Corsa Extra 1989 Basso Ascot 1989 Sancineto Max Jim RedCay
Team Panasonic
Hi, just picked up a nice team Panasonic, left side is 4x, right side is z 8581. Any information is greatly appreciated. Will post pics shortly.
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06-23-25 | 11:33 AM
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pics as promised
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06-25-25 | 12:32 PM
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Thank You
That's what I had thought. Thank you very much for all your insight in this thread.
Ron
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09-02-25 | 11:37 AM
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Beautiful early 80’s Signature
Hi Jacek
I’ve just got home having bought what might just be the most beautiful time-warp bike I’ve ever seen
I’ve worked out (from your previous brilliant threads on the subject) that it’s an early 80’s frame
I bought it from a very nice guy, here in the UK, that bought it from a shop in Arnhem in 1989. He raced it for 300 miles or so, and it’s been hung up in his living room ever since. He doesn’t know anything about its previous 120 mile journey from Meise before 1989, but he believes the shop owner had it in his shop for 5 years on display, as a talking point with customers.
I love the “real world” 600 groupset, original 20mm tyres, and tatty original bar tape.
Signature seat stays, seat post clamp flush, not low, dropouts stamped “Eddy Merckx”, later style BB shell, rather than with the Eddy Merckx branding. Beautiful fork crown. Serial number GT8 (on the left), then E1744.
I’ll post some pictures if the forum will let me (I don’t have many posts under my belt yet).
Would you have any thoughts on narrowing down the manufacture date, or any other insights?
Kind regards, and many thanks for sharing your encyclopaedic knowledge on these frames this far
And if anyone as any ideas about how to salvage that disintegrating Columbus water slide decal, PLEASE let me know.
Also - the tires still hold air just fine. I’m thinking about riding on them just to see how they feel. Am I mad?
Niel
Ahhhh! So pretty!
Merckx dropouts
Little Lion/Griffin logo on the tape at the edge of the chrome
Short lugs? Not sure.
20 mm Pariba’s. Apparently lethal in the wet.
Original Selle Italia saddle long gone, sadly
Sakae bars
I’ve just got home having bought what might just be the most beautiful time-warp bike I’ve ever seen
I’ve worked out (from your previous brilliant threads on the subject) that it’s an early 80’s frame
I bought it from a very nice guy, here in the UK, that bought it from a shop in Arnhem in 1989. He raced it for 300 miles or so, and it’s been hung up in his living room ever since. He doesn’t know anything about its previous 120 mile journey from Meise before 1989, but he believes the shop owner had it in his shop for 5 years on display, as a talking point with customers.
I love the “real world” 600 groupset, original 20mm tyres, and tatty original bar tape.
Signature seat stays, seat post clamp flush, not low, dropouts stamped “Eddy Merckx”, later style BB shell, rather than with the Eddy Merckx branding. Beautiful fork crown. Serial number GT8 (on the left), then E1744.
I’ll post some pictures if the forum will let me (I don’t have many posts under my belt yet).
Would you have any thoughts on narrowing down the manufacture date, or any other insights?
Kind regards, and many thanks for sharing your encyclopaedic knowledge on these frames this far
And if anyone as any ideas about how to salvage that disintegrating Columbus water slide decal, PLEASE let me know.
Also - the tires still hold air just fine. I’m thinking about riding on them just to see how they feel. Am I mad?
Niel
Ahhhh! So pretty!
Merckx dropouts
Little Lion/Griffin logo on the tape at the edge of the chrome
Short lugs? Not sure.
20 mm Pariba’s. Apparently lethal in the wet.
Original Selle Italia saddle long gone, sadly
Sakae bars