I think the films show him both using a wrench and a QR. In races, usually a wrench, but I believe there is a scene in La Course en Tete where he is doing a training ride and using a QR to adjust seat height.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Edward Albert <Edward.H.Albert@hofstra.edu> wrote:
Charles & Jerry,
I think that was definitely the cause. After the derny crash his back
was never the same. But, re the Merckx film. It may have been Sunday
in Hell but I think it was in La Course en Tete. He calls up his car
during the race and they hand him a wrench or allen key and he adjusts
the saddle while descending a hill. Definiitely no quick release but a
wrench. then he moves the saddle back and forth till he got it right
and tightens it up. There is, however, a scene in Sunday in Hell were
he is on the way to the start and stops at another teams car and asks to
borrow a wrench to make a final adjustment. This after spending what
seemed like an eternity with his mechanic to get it just right.
Edward Albert
Chappaqua, NY
>>> "c. andrews" 07/24/06 12:15 PM >>>
jerry wrote:
Not so sure. In one of the classic Merckx films, Eddy had a QR seat binder. I assume it would have been Campy. Eddy was a fanatic about having to have the seat height just right.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
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I remember being struck by Eddy's obsession with getting his saddle/bar/stem relationship just right in "A Sunday in Hell." Was it not the case that after his back injury he was always fiddling with these adjustments, to stay out of pain?
Charles Andrews
SoCal