Merckx owners thread

Nice bike. I might be picking my first Merckx tonight so might need advice ...

very cool

Wow

.eddy merckx nearly ready

It's done

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my 1981 Eddy Merckx professional track
pretty in pink

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Picked up this 2001 Eddy Merckx Domo Farm Frites a couple of weeks ago

I guess i am going to need to put a Campagnolo C record pista groupset on this one

To be continued...

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Im not sure , but i think yours is from 2005 2006 ?
what is the frame number ?

Looking forward how you will build this up.

he was a talented trackrider in junior/U23 categorie.

That looks awesome,
i hope you will find a solution for the seatpost.

This one is very nice @Saarf !!
Look at this one,
opposite attract :P

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56 center center 58 center top 56 top tube
Not so big
Not build it up yet, collecting parts which is not easy as i need to find a 24" frontdisc wheel

I was there also :) ,, but this MXL is from a Belgian guy ;)

@saarf no man its not a team one, just team colours painted, But i only have seen 1 similair one in Asia which makes it pretty awesome :)

I like your Caloi

1985 Eddy Merckx professional track
old frame from Henk Lubberding.

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Me too! Love it. Got the kit for when I find mine, preferrably in steel!

Mike

Crazy thing happened today. Last year I obtained an old Merckx Professional frameset . I started searching on the internet for pictures of professional teams (to check if it was a team livery or not) and I found this picture of Jos Haex, until that moment someone completely unknown to me. I used the picture to finish my bike and forgot about it.

Yesterday I bought a GT mountainbike (late nineties, just needed some of the XTR-parts that were on it) from the 2dehands site here in Belgium. It took me a 150 km ride to pick up the bike and when I arrived, an old men (75 or more) opened the door. He invvited me to his "man cave": an old barn full of material from the eighties. Somewhere between a Mavic 500 and a Campa Record wheelset an old photo was hanging on the wall. I looked at it just a bit longer than normal and the old man asked me if I maybe knew the rider on it. I said I didn't but that I used exactly the same photo to restore a bike from early eighties. He started smiling:"Oh, that's my son". :-)

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Merckx MXL 64cm on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202232372576

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Selling Eddy Merckx frame and fork new paint job .or as a whole bike all new parts campagnolo potenza groupset and new campagnolo Zonda .wheels.asking £1200 for wholebike .size 56.

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Built up.can split up .
Wheels
Frame and fork
Or complete.

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I just got this Corsa SL this Spring, almost unridden. I ditched the S8 stuff and built it up to date with Potenza 11 and some other stuff I liked. It is just a great ride, and holds its own in its new gestalt...

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Your rear brake quick release is open, at the lever. Turn the little metal cylinder on the outside of the lever (just above the hinge of the lever) inside.

Such an eye! I was just fine tuning and had the rear wheel off, as I tried out a new quick release...

Can't help but notice. How do you like the Potenza stuff?

Potenza seems to a little crisper shifting, perhaps due to new technology developed in the 12speed charrette. I have Chorus on my other bike, which I like, but this feels and acts slightly better.