i believe it's a dead start.

That's not really Eddy's bike? I'm bummed.

This article is terriffic.

no no, read the article. it's a rolling start, he took three laps to get up to 50km/hr. The whole time Ernesto Colnago was afraid he was going to destroy something while merckx was out of the saddle.

If your Windsor is the track version this is what you got

Basically a cinelli. From what I have gathered somebody from the factory in Italy headed to Mexico and started building. Lug work isn't quite as "finished" as their Italian counterparts but the cinelli's don't have those rad little holes in the lugs. However, like Sheldon said... not quite a cinelli.

Double butted Columbus SL (if its bigger then a 58 its Columbus SP)
Campagnolo fork
cinelli lugs
Originally came with nuevo record group from campagnolo
box rims and sew ups
Drop outs will be either campy or if its a later version, shimano
came in white and orange Chrome lugs

Hope this helps.

I love my Windsor

Yup. But you get to start anywhere on the line, from the apron up to the rail. If you start up high, it's a meter or two longer on the start, but you get the downslope assist.

i'm just going on what i saw in 'the flying scottsman'.

Haven't read this whole thread, so apologies if I'm repeating something, but there are 3 bikes said to be Eddy's Hour Record bike. But the one that is most likely to be his in the one in the Merckx factory that Eddy refuses to sell. He had more than one bike made for the effort.

And re the start. The Hour is done from a standing start and every rider I have seen do it has started from the bottom of the track.

There's a great film about Ole Ritter's Hour attempt by Jørgen Leth. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378936/

bbattle, nice hubs and cranks, but they're not part of Eddy's Hour Record kit.

Colnago was worried that Merckx would snap the bike in half as he brought it up to speed.. he figured that if the bike survived the first three laps everything would be okay.

And we should all know that Lance Armstrong wears Eddie Merckx pyjamas.

I thought it was interesting that they were so concerned with reducing the bike's overall weight considering how constant the speed (not to mention elevation) would have been during the event.

It only kinda makes sense in that eddy was aslo going for 5, and 10k records at the same time, where a bike that came up to speed quickly may have been a little help.

Sosenka took a completely different approach and road what was basically a flywheel.