[CR]Merchx frames

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 00:43:12 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <66.3073e3dc.2bbd467c@aol.com>
Subject: [CR]Merchx frames

Martin Coopland wrote:
> Can any one tell me when Eddy Merckx started his Frame building business, as
> we know it today? Obviously frames carried his name almost as soon as he
> started racing, but when did he start selling his own?

Eddy's first catalog for his own bikes was 1980. I sell a reproduction of it on my web site http://www.velo-retro.com.

Chuck Schmidt L.A, http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, Timelines and T-shirts)

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