Fred Rednor wrote:
> (snip) Now, to necessitate a completely new frame, there would have
> to be
> drastic changes to the geometry. Bear in mind, though, that
> Merckx was thorough in his preparations, and really wasn't
> about to change seat position and so forth by more than a few
> millimeters at a time.
Interesting comment I got off list: "Colnago told me he made 27 different geometries for Merckx in one single season notably 1971. Multiply that by a number of frames each."
Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
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