> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:11:27 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Michael Butler <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [CR]What Merckx Do I Own?
> To: 1983merckx@earthlink.net
> CC: classicrendezvoua@bikelist.org
>
> Jon,
> Bloody expensive is the answer! A typical Merckx
> frame
> and I can only remember the top spec being
> advertised
> was in the region of £240.00 in 83. This was serious
> money.
> As a comparision you could get a Raleigh 531 Team
> Replica complete bike for £370.00 or a Colnalgo team
> frameset for £230.00, Moser Team framset £185.00,
> Benotto Team £185.00 or a E.G.Bates top of the range
> Team Chiltern at £165.00.
> Only the Raleigh 753 Team frame was dearer at
> £265.00.
> --- Jon Furst <1983merckx@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I've had my Eddy Merckx for about 10 years now,
> and
> > I still don't know if
> > it has a "real" name. Is there a model name for my
> > 1983 Merckx?
> > Also, does anyone know the approximate retail sale
> > price when this bike was
> > new? (I DO NOT want a "current value" as it is
> not,
> > and will not be for
> > sale) Super Record throughout. Pantographed: stem,
> > brake levers, large
> > chainring, even had Eddy Merckx embossed pedal
> > straps. I can provide all
> > the details of the bike if anyone is interested,
> or
> > if that owuld help
> > identify a model. I've chande a few things over
> the
> > years, but I kept
> > everything I changed, so purists can calm down.
> > Here's some pics:
> > http://home.earthlink.net/
> > http://home.earthlink.net/
> >
> > thanks alot.
> >
> > Jon Furst
> > Salinas and Livermore CA
> > USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in
> your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky
> Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
>
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Thats all for now. Keep those wheels spinning, in your memories if not still on the road. Be lucky Mick Butler Huntingdon UK.
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