I think folk here are missing the point with this Merckx bike........what is wrong with it to be 'period correct' is the fact it has Eddy Merckx on it.......along with Universal 68s.......I don't believe he ever rode a bike with HIS name with 68s.....Campag brakes YES
Also the stem is wrong......should have the nutted type And why has it got the yellow bands celebrating his as yet UN WON victorys in the TDF!
And yes, Merckx and Addorni were using the 'no name Campag brakes' certainly in the 1968 Cynar Lugano TT [those of you who have viewed my flickrsite will have spotted the pic of Addorni lining up for the start] and they were both riding FAEMA badged bikes.
Cheers Kevin Sayles
Bridgwater Somerset UK
> Hilary writes:
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>>>? I do wonder whether Merckx was using the new Campy side-pulls
>>>throughout
> 1968 - I was under the impression that these were introduced quite late
> on in 1968... Certainly my De Rosa is full Campag save for the Universal
> 68 brakes.
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> The Campag brakes are mentioned in a January '69 article on Masi by John
> Wilcockson:
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> http://bhovey.com/
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> In the second column, Masi said that the brakes were not for sale yet and
> only Merckx and Adorni were using them.? Not sure exactly when this
> interview took place, the author only says it was in the fall (of '68) but
> he later mentions it was after the Tour of Lombardy and before the Gran
> Premio Cynar time trial so that would probably narrow it to late October,
> no?
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> Bob Hovey
> Columbus GA USA
> http://bhovey.com/