Allegro also made Eddy Merckx branded bikes at one time. From a previous discussion of this topic on the list, I got the impression that Kessels perhaps sub-contracted to Falcon to build Merckx bikes.
Does anyone on the list know when Merckx branded bikes first appeared? Presumably Eddy or his team was deriving some income from use of the Eddy Merckx name & logo to justify the Eddy Merckx branding of Faema & later team bikes.
My understanding is that Masi supplied frames to Faema, Colnago did the same for Molteni until De Rosa took over in 1973. Photos suggest that Eddy continued to ride some Colnago built frames in 1973.
I also recall someone on the list suggesting that Ugo de Rosa built some of Eddy's Peugots.
DB
Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> #3: Falcon, made in Merry Ol' England. Errr... was the question who
> made bikes branded "Eddy Merckx" or who made the bikes that Eddy Merckx
> raced on?
>
> Who made the bikes that Eddy Merckx raced on (the ones I think I know):
> -bike he race on as a kid, and his first pro team Solo-Superior
> (builder, I don't know)
> -Peugeot (builder, don't know. This would be the PY10 he raced on
> before the Masi-painted-as-Peugeot he raced on)
> -Masi (builder, Faliero Masi? [anyone know when he retired?])
> -Colnago (builder, I don't know)
> -De Rosa (builder, Ugo De Rosa)
>
> Who made the bikes branded "Eddy Merckx" (the ones I think I know):
> -Falcon (England)
> -Kessels (Belgium)
> -Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
>
> Let's hear from the rest of you...
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California
>
> feldmans wrote:
> >
> > #3: Kessels, one that I have heard of. Kessel bikes were sold on the West
> > Coast in the late 70's under the name Main d'Or--"Hand of Gold,"
> > they were sold by Western STates Imports, neeDiamondback.
> > David feldman
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
> > To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 7:59 AM
> > Subject: [CR]the next thread
> >
> > > your choice...
> > >
> > > 1) What is the Pantone Matching System number
> > > that corresponds to 'Mercier' pink?
> > > 2) Where are they now? Hugh Porter. Ken Bird.
> > > Alexi Grewal. Brian Decker. Sal Corso
> > > 3) Masi/Colnago/DeRosa; who REALLY made
> > > Eddy's bikes?