On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:24:12 -0800 (PST), David Patrick wrote
> Richard,
>
> I've been trying to find out more about Kessel's relationship
> w/Merckx for the past six months or so, but I'm not making much
> progress. Kessels is effectively no longer in business and they
> sold bikes under the "Main D'Or" name. Another firm currently has
> the use of the "Main D'Or" name is putting it on a line of hybrid-
> like touring bikes that available in Belgium. Also, from what I've
> been told by a few people in Belgium & the Netherlands, the bikes
> that Kessels built for Merckx had a larger diameter seat stay tube
> than Colnago/DeRosa, and the seat stay cap was also flat, not
> fluted. I can not say this is 100% true, but it seems that most
> pics that show such details also feature a painted fork crown (not
> plated), but the crowns do appear to be Fisher (sp?). Also, the
> lugs on Kessels built frames for Merckx were the NOT the Prugnat 62D
> style, which were used by Colnago, but rather the simple long-point
> style Prugnats w/o any further embellishments (which model are
> these?).
Prugnat Type "I" ??
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