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Again, this is a bike my friend bought from a former amateur racer who rode in century races. He said that it was a red Eddy Merckx >>
I am not sure what others have guessed, but I would have guessed that is a cheaper Falcon made Merckx, except the seat stay top eyes are not right and the fork crown is also not typical 1970s Falconesque.
IF it was really a Merckx, maybe it's a lower end Kessels?
One thing for sure, judging from the assembly method at the chain stays (notice how the bottom bracket shell's chain stay sockets are punched to position the stays while being brazed? Sort of a fast-n-easy replacement for pinning.) it was not a "fancy model".
The attention it has received since originally being manufactured (Kellogg paint & braze-ons, nice Campy components) is more than it received during manufacture....
(Psst, Isaac, PLEASE sign off your messages fully! Thanks)
Dale Brown
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:18:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Isaac Schell <ias23philly@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]mystery "merckx" photos
Thanks to everyone who has responded so far to this mystery bike. I finally have photos up on my friends flickr page, the links is
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Again, this is a bike my friend bought from a former amateur racer who rode in century races. He said that it was a red Eddy Merckx which he had stripped of its decals and repainted by Tom Kellog. The braze-ons which you see he said were also done by Kellog. The paint looks pretty thick to be a Tom Kellog job, but who knows. It just dawned on me that I didnt take any photos of the entire bike, but only of the details that I thought would be most telling. The serial # on the drive side of the bottom bracket reads c15427, however on the non drive side is the #4. Also another strange thing about this bike is the size 26.0 campagnolo seatpost. Again any information would be great. Thanks, Isaac Philadelphia PA
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