Speaking of provenance, I just took on a project for my LBS in return for all the nice things they've done for me over the years. The owner's got a Merckx/Motorola frame that belonged to Andy Hampsten which I have volunteered to help restore so that it can go on display (he's got a high ceiling and I've been trying to talk him into turning the upper part of the walls into a museum like Dale did with CdO). Andy's seen pics and has confirmed that the bike was his (besides his name on the top tube, I guess there's just not that many 55cm ST/ 59cm TT Merckx/Motorola frames out there).
Andy never responded to my question about what year this frame was (93?), nor have I gotten any answer to my email to Merckx & Co.
So here's my questions: Can anybody put a firm date on this frame? And does anyone have any race photos that could get me started on rounding up a component group? Andy told me what size stem and what saddle he used, and that's all the info I have so far.
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Thanks for your help.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA