RE: [CR]Ernesto Colnago's geometry for Eddy Merckx

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From: "Ken Freeman" <freesound@comcast.net>
To: "'Robert Schenker'" <ris@schenkerdesign.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Ernesto Colnago's geometry for Eddy Merckx
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:48:18 -0500
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I think those numbers are the setback.

Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Robert Schenker Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 5:06 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Ernesto Colnago's geometry for Eddy Merckx

So, in looking at the seat angle… Looks like it's being measured as the difference between perpendicular to the seat tube and parallel to the top tube. I see anywhere from 15 to 20. This can't be what that number

refers to, because it would indicate angles running from 75 to 70 degrees, a huge difference!

Anyone know what eat angle he really used on these (Merckx frames)?

Bob Schenker Oakland, CA


> Ernesto Colnago's builder cards showing the geometry of seven frames
> made for Eddy Merckx in the early 1970s.
>
> http://www.colnagonews.com/prova2/storia/geometrie/merckx.php
>
> Also shown: Gianni Motta, Dino Zandegò, Frans Verbeeck, Davide
> Boifafa, Josanuel Fuente, Renato Longo, Michele Dancelli, Marino
> Basso, Dietrich Thurau, Vittorio Adorni, Freddy Maertens, Roger
> DeVlaeminck, Giuseppe Saronni, Gianbattista Baronchelli, Adriano
> Baffi, Hennie Kuiper, Jan Raas, Joop Zoetemelk, Moreno Argentin,
> Giorgio Furlan, Maurizio Fondriest, Djamolidine Abdujaparov, Tony
> Rominger, Franco Ballerini and Gianluca Bortolami.