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Did Merckx use a Cinelli 1a stem with a 3t bar? or does anyone know his set-up?

3t had bars named "Merckx bend" so I suppose he used them at a certain moment in his career. The pantographed Merckx stems (and bars) on his early frames (Professional) were 3t too. The nineties bikes came mostly with pantographed Cinelli stems.

I don't think he used anything other than Cinelli bars and stems in his career.
Every picture shows him using Cinelli.
Did the 3ttt bars came out after he retired? He could have licensed his name after retiring.

The Faema bike above looks like a Terryn, note the "T" on the lugs.
Can't tell the others, second might be a De Rosa, bottom has Colnago stem but odd seatstay caps.

He could have licensed his name after retiring

Or it might just have been a time when athletes weren't so obsessed with their "image rights" and considered it a complement rather than an affront when manufacturers used their name as a generic to describe a product.

3t started producing "Merckx bend" in the early seventies. These came in 26 mm, maybe that's why he rode them in a Cinelli stem?

(I found info on production date on Velobase)

Interesting, I assumed if he was using Cinelli stems he would use Cinelli bars.
Will have to look closer at my old pictures.

These came in 26 mm, maybe that's why he rode them in a Cinelli stem?

Except Cinelli stems were 26.4 in those days 🙂

And Merckx licensed his name to a lot of things he never used.
Lots of companies made bikes branded Merckx, but surely he never raced on a Falcon.

Have had one cinelli 1A 26,0 1st gen with the bolt inside...

Campione Del Mondo

Stems need not be slammed.

The Herman Braun effect.

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If only the seller on marktplaats would sell the similar low pro for less:/

obligatory 10 pitch chainring misunderstanding comment

500€ for the frameset 😉

nice

Giro...

+1

nice but

Thomson stem, weird seatpost top and forks top, spacers, black transmission ... : )

Beautiful bike and it's close, but no porn.

Yeah what @gaston said.

https://www.pedalroom.com/bike/panasonic-aluminum-track-bikealtec-2-38039

there's just something about panasonics, especially their rarer models

+1

Maybe, but not with that chainring, no tape and bloody Gatorskins...