Dirk and Chuck wrote:
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:00:07 -0800
From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Eddy Merckx's components
Message-ID: <41E573B3.A03F9799@earthlink.net>
Dirk Feeken wrote:
>
> Ray,
>
> Have a look at
> http://home.t-online.de/
> To see one of Eddy's real Molteni Colnagos he rode in the early 70s.
Check out the brazed on brake caliper spindle/axle on the fork crown:
http://home.t-online.de/
Koolamunga!!!
*********
Interesting photos of what's supposed to be a bike Merckx actually rode..
I'm wondering if it's a repaint. Notice no wear to speak of the rear drop-outs, was the rear wheel never removed? Or did the set screws just stay in place? The paint just looks awfully clean for a race bike that would have been treated fairly roughly from what I've seen...maybe it was just a lucky bike, and stayed fairly pristine.
And that chainring comes from the late 70s I thought..wasn't Merckx done by then?
I'm just wondering if a couple of things were replaced later. Love the crappy drilling on the derailleur. Very much in-period..<g>
Charles Andrews
SoCal