P.S.: [CR]Confente Labeled as Eddy Merckx Bikes

I realize that there may be a grammatical problem, and the sentence in question probably was meant to say:

Mario said that he (Mario) made many bikes for him (Eddy) but he (Eddy) would always put his (Eddy's) own decals on the frame.

rather than, as I read it,

Mario said that he (Mario) made many bikes for him (Eddy) but he (Mario) would always put his (Mario's) own decals on the frame."

Future generations, remembering Eddy as a bike maker, might even read this as

Mario said that he (Eddy) made many bikes for him (Mario) but he (Eddy or Mario) would always put his (Eddy's or Mario's) own decals on the frame."

Lovely, in 50 years, somebody will say that they found an old account, roughly from the time when Confente was still alive, that stated that Confentes really were relabeled "Eddy Merckx" bikes! ;-)

-- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/

Brett Horton recently supplied a list, provided by Eddy Merckx, of the bikes he (Merckx) rode; list below. The list does not mention Confente bikes.

In the Confente history pages (thanks Chuck Schmidt for the links) at http://www.bicycletrader.com/confente.html (mapped) and http://www.bicycletrader.com/confente2.html (mapped) it quotes Confente's wife as saying, "She also recalls meeting Eddy Merckx when they traveled to Italy together. "We went in when Eddy was getting a massage. He was getting ready to ride the Milan-San Remo race. Eddy said, "hey Mario, I love your bikes and I want another bicycle." Mario said that he made many bikes for him but he would always put his own decals on the frame."

So, maybe when someone meets with Eddy they can ask him about this.

Brett's list from meeting with Merckx: 1965 - Superia (stock bike) 1966 - Peugeot (stock bike) 1967 - Peugeot (stock bike) and Masi 1968 - Masi 1969 - Marcel Van der Este (Belgian builder) 1970 - Pella (or Pello) Torino, Italy 1971 - Colnago and Kessels 1972 - Colnago and Kessels 1973 - Colnago and Kessels 1974 - DeRosa and Kessels 1975 - DeRosa and Kessels 1976 - DeRosa and Kessels 1977 - DeRosa

Angel Garcia
Long Valley, NJ