The frame here is not a 61 but a 59 or maybe a 60 as Merckx frames were made c-c and not c-t. With a 58 top-tube it could be either.
Usually i find with old steel frames that if someone quotes center to top that if you subtract 10mm you will find out what it is center to center. that is of course if it employs the usual 25mm diameter top tube. i reckon this nice Merckx is a 60cm c-c. And yes i prefer the way Continentals measure their frames.
Usually i find with old steel frames that if someone quotes center to top that if you subtract 10mm you will find out what it is center to center. that is of course if it employs the usual 25mm diameter top tube. i reckon this nice Merckx is a 60cm c-c. And yes i prefer the way Continentals measure their frames.