What kind of Merckx is a '76?
12-09-10 | 07:07 PM
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What kind of Merckx is a '76?
Been talking to a guy with a dusky rose metallic EM that's Campy/Mavic. Says he bought in in 1976 in Germany and is the original owner.
What kind of EM would have been available in '76? A Coventry bike with EM's name on it?
Any ideas as to relative ride quality vs. a later Corsa or Corsa Extra?
Sadly...no pics. At least non worthy of posting here. Yet.
What kind of EM would have been available in '76? A Coventry bike with EM's name on it?
Any ideas as to relative ride quality vs. a later Corsa or Corsa Extra?
Sadly...no pics. At least non worthy of posting here. Yet.
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12-10-10 | 05:31 AM
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From: Lancaster County, PA
Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis
Some of The Kessels Eddy Merckx frames are very nice - I'd love to own one. Kessels of course built many of Eddy's actual race bikes during his career, and I believe supplied the C&A team in Eddy's last pro season.
12-10-10 | 07:35 AM
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I thought it was generally accepted that Kessels was only involved with the Molteni era frames, and that DeRosa was exclusively repsonsible for the Fiat and C&A frames? This came up on CR and one of the members had a letter from Eddy documenting the manufactuers of his race bicycles, year by year
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