>From the '86 "Colnago" book - there's a passage about Eddy Merckx and the use of titanium to lighten frames:
"Merckx can testify on this point. He was completely sold on titanium until he nearly threw away one of his seven Milan to Sanremo victories through poor road-holding on the Poggio descent. In fact the hold was quite satisfactory for a man of his build, but it didn't take into account his athletic abilities which were phenomenal. Thus the frame ended up in the cellar and in later years Merckx always demanded bikes of not less than 9 kilos".
Who would have built a titanium frame for Eddy to race on and more importantly, where is this cellar that it's stored at?!!! :-)
Tam "big fan of titanium stuff" Pham Huntington Beach, CA - USA