RE: [CR]Fiat Racing Team and Merckx Question(s)?

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Subject: RE: [CR]Fiat Racing Team and Merckx Question(s)?
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From: "Bingham, Wayne R." <WBINGHAM@imf.org>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:52:30 -0500

> This doesn't really answer Lou's question, which I am also curious
> about. Did De Rosa produce frames for Eddy, bearing his name, prior to
> 1980?
>>>Kind of a trick question, but Eddy Merckx's race bikes beginning in 1972 were made by Ugo De Rosa and had Eddy Merckx decals on them. Previous to 1972 they were Ernesto Colnagos and before the they were Faliero Masis.

Chuck Schmidt<<<

Yes, of course. I guess I meant to say did Merckx actually market bikes with his name on them before 1980. I don't think so, but still wondering.

Wayne Bingham
FC VA