Re: [CR]Colnago Mexico

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From: <Ebbikes@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 20:34:20 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Colnago Mexico
To: bicyclemark@juno.com
CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, hayesbikes@nls.net


I just spoke with George Gibbs of Il Vecchio in Seattle. He had Eddy Merckx's actual hour record bike in his shop for three years in the early '90s. He borrowed it from Eddy himself. It was indeed made by Colnago, and as Mark said, it had Windsor stickers on it. I guess Windsor probably put up the money for the record attempt. So that is probably where the Colnago Mexico name came from. Owen Mulholland wrote an article about the bike when it was in George's shop, which appeared in the April 1991 Bicycle Guide.

Bob Freeman