... sorry but TK split the top tube guide in the middle, with the result of
two bent over pieces that didn't touch. this was his very special "sig".
as for the "thick" paint, this is not a TK "signature" item either.
... sorry but it's a cheap no where bike.
robert clair
alex, va 22308
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> Isaac,
> Your top tube cable guide in this photo:
> _http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickybanister/1583781421/in/set-7215760245617868
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> (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickybanister/1583781421/in/set-72157602456178688/)
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> looks exactly like those on Tom Kellogg #16 from 1977:
> _http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/FriendsBikes/BolishsBikes/Tom_K
> ellogg_16_1977/Kellogg77_16Road59x60_5GoldRpnt06.jpg.html_
> (http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/FriendsBikes/BolishsBikes/Tom_Kellogg_16_1977/Kell
> ogg77_16Road59x60_5GoldRpnt06.jpg.html)
>
> ...so the Kellogg repaint and add-ons story, seems plausible enough.
>
> Ciao,
> Mark Agree
> Southfield MI USA
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> 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
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> 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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> http://www.flickr.com/
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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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