RE: [CR]Was: interesting solution. Now; Look at that "Eddy Merckx" track bike

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Subject: RE: [CR]Was: interesting solution. Now; Look at that "Eddy Merckx" track bike
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:10:30 -0600
Thread-Topic: [CR]Was: interesting solution. Now; Look at that "Eddy Merckx" track bike
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From: "Cheung, Doland" <CheungD@bv.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


I'm not a cognoscenti, but I'd agree with you Dale. The fat lugs, twin plate fork crown (pseudo?) and rear seat cluster is not what I've typically seen on Merckx bikes. I am a bit thin on my exposure to the early Merckx frames though.

Doland Cheung SoCal

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of oroboyz@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:02 PM To: devotion_finesse@hotmail.com; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Was: interesting solution. Now;Look at that "Eddy Merckx" track bike

ref: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/july/JeanBoijens.htm

That must either be a Kessels or not-a-Merckx-at-all. Very untypical details...

What do you cognoscenti think?

Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA

-----Original Message----- From: devotion_finesse@hotmail.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 4:51 PM Subject: [CR]An interesting solution...

For those of you who don't want to drill your track forks OR ruin the beautiful lines of your swoopy Cinelli track bars with a big, clunky brake lever:

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2006/july/JeanBoijens.htm

Matthew Bowne not the same without Johnny in Brooklyn, New York

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