Bob!
Contact the gang at Merckx!..............List member Lee Berg bought a frameset from us some time ago. There was no id as to the type of tubing that was used. Lee got this info..................Reynolds 753!............Along with all other Vitals. BTW: Old Motarola team framesets are still hanging in the warehouse, but they were not for sale.
Rats if I would have known this I would have kept it for myself!
BC
Baron C...................And the gang!!
> 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.
>
> http://hometown.aol.com/
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Bob Hovey
> Columbus, GA