[CR]Eddy Merckx and De Rosa frame relationship?

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Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:20:01 -0800
From: "Kevin Kruger" <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Eddy Merckx and De Rosa frame relationship?


After seeing the photos of both Hilary's Eddy Merckx with De Rosa type cons truction and his De Rosa with Eddy Merckx frame bits, I am curious if anyon e else suspects that Eddy Merckx made the De Rosa frames in the 1980s???

For some reason, I am under the impression that Merckx built the 80s De Ros a's due to strikingly similar frame contruction appearances.

Not only do the frame's look nearly identical to my eye, but their respecti ve catalogs bear very similar photo layouts.  Per an early Merckx catalog , "Ugo De Rosa came to Belgium and helped Eddy Merckx set up his ultra-mode rn workshops".

Check out the Merckx vs. De Rosa frame catalog pages at the following Bulgi er links:

http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/catalogs/eddy_merckx3/5.jpg http://bulgier.net/pics/bike/catalogs/de_rosa-86/3.jpg

Am I the only one under this impression?  Hope someone can set the record straight one way or the other for me.

Regards,
Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA