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My ti Merckx got the short straw and did the bulk of the 3800 autmn/winter miles I rode from September to end of December, so ended the year in a sorry state....
The wheel bearings were done for, as was the cassette, chain, brakes pads and cables so I just grabbed another bike and ignored it for the last 5 months.
There are still some good deals to be had on ebay if you are prepared to collect, and I found a nice set of the new wheels. Ambrosio semi deep Focus rims that look decent with the fat ti tubes, laced to some Campag Chorus hubs, with Chorus skewers and a barely used 29-13 10 speed Campag cassette, all for £56! I did have to go to Hanwell to get them but well worth the trip.
And as that blue tape was just to minging to be allowed to continue any further, I got new tape and saddle and some pedals from my parts bin, and I've Belgium'ed up ti Eddy.
And its taken me 5 years of scanning ebay but I've finally managed to get Merckx cages for all 5 of my Merckx bikes, which now all have Eddy 2 cages each :)
When these GP5000's are done for I'll get some gumwall 28c Vittoria Corsa's I think,