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Masi started putting holes in Merckx’s bike in 68. Merckx loved that sort of fiddly stuff and it probably had a placebo effect.
Elaborate pantographing was Colnago’s way of individualising his bikes. He was the first I know of to put his own logos on chainrings, stems, seatposts and so on.