This does not look like the high-end Kessels-built Merckx frames that I've seen (and only seen in photos, I might add). The seat stays on Kessels built Merckx frame appear to be quite "beefy" in diameter, but the end of the each stay at the seat lug isn't finished as per other Kessels/Merckx frames that I've seen, or even the Kessels/Main d'Or bikes. The lugs also don't look appropriate to a high-end Kessels/Merckx frame, but Kessels did use the type of lug pictured on their lower-end Merckx frames. The fork crown is anyone's guess. Also, don't forget that Van der Este in Belgium built for Eddy and who knows that those bikes look like?
Dave Patrick Chelsea, Michigan USA
oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
ref: http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/
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/
Matthew Bowne not the same without Johnny in Brooklyn, New York
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