olffie1 Posted September 17, 2018 Share My MX Leader with beautiful paint work. Edited September 17, 2018 by olffie1 bikebloke, DJR and Cippo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikebloke Posted September 17, 2018 Share My MX Leader with beautiful paint work.kind of makes mine look even sadder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkieuys Posted September 18, 2018 Share My uncle has that shirt, signed by Merx. My Aunt sent it from Italy yonks ago. logo.pngI recently did some research into Eddy Merckx for a build project and thought I'd share it here. Feel free to correct mistakes and add pictures and stories of your own bikes. (It will run as a series over the next week and cover his whole career.) 1 - Eddy Merckx - Introduction Eddy Merckx is widely credited as the overall most successful rider in the history of bicycle racing.His victories include eleven Grand Tours (5 Tours de France, 5 Giros d’Italia, 1 Vuelta Espana), all 5 the Monuments of Cycling (Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Giro de Lombardia), 3 World Championships, a 1 hour record, and all the major European 1 day races except one. He also won numerous time trials, track races, kermesse and criteriums.From 1961 to 1965 he won 80 races as an amateur before turning professional in 1965. His appetite for winning quickly gained him the nickname "The Cannibal". Merckx achieved 525 victories over his 18 year professional career. However, sadly, he was caught in three separate doping incidents during his career.In 1978 Eddy Merckx retired from racing and in 1980 started his own bicycle factory. His bicycles quickly built a reputation for excellence and were used by several successful professional racing teams in the 1980s and 1990s. He stayed involved in cycling as a coach and an ambassador for the sport. Loose cog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkieuys Posted September 18, 2018 Share There we go. DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted September 18, 2018 Share My Corse Extra done in the traditional Molteni Mercx colors.Very nice. The only bike on Le Hub that should have tan skin wall tyres on. Those of you with modern bikes, just no. Now I feel better. Coffee!. DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanB Posted October 3, 2018 Share The refurbishment of the Leader frame almost done Cippo, seanp and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 17, 2018 Share This from an interview with Ernesto Colnago:Eddy Merckx hour record, 1972‘I built this bike for Eddy Merckx to attempt the Hour record on. At the time it was the lightest I had ever made, 5.75kg, and this was 46 years ago!‘The stem is titanium, and I had to send it to America to get it welded as no one in Europe knew how to weld titanium back then. ‘The spokes are titanium as well, and the hubs are made by Campagnolo from beryllium alloy, very light and stiff. ‘I drilled out every chain link by hand [saving 95g], which upset the chain’s makers, Regina Extra, as they said it would be too weak for Eddy’s power.’ Colnago also created an especially light headset – just 122g – and had a Columbus steel tubeset drawn that thinned to a mere 0.4mm wall-thickness in the middle, groundbreaking for the day. French company Clement provided 80g tubular tyres and Colnago redesigned a Cinelli Unicanitor saddle to have special sliding seat rails to achieve Merckx’s desired position. The bars were also Cinelli, again drilled out to save weight. Colnago says the fabrication alone took over 200 hours, but it was worth it. ‘I went to Mexico City [chosen for its high altitude and low air pressure] as Merckx’s mechanic. I was not that nervous, but Eddy was. Just five minutes before the start he asked to change the handlebars. ‘In the end he broke the record with 49.431km, and we got drunk together afterwards. It was one of the greatest days of my life.’ hboli4, Cippo, gummibear and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 17, 2018 Share Just to make sure you don't miss what the important bit above is: A steel framed bike of 5,75kg was possible 46 years ago. Ok, I know it was a single speed stripped to its underpants, but still! Nibali and MORNE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cippo Posted November 15, 2018 Share Stolen from another thread. gummibear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanB Posted November 15, 2018 Share DJR and Cippo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Brink Posted December 17, 2018 Share Cue ball jokes... http://www.kozoom.com/en/billiard-carom/news/eddy-merckx-strikes-again-in-seoul.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted July 29, 2019 Share It is fitting that the first steel bike in the TdF in 20years, should be an Eddy Merckx. "For the first time since '98 we're back in the Tour peloton with a steel bike! Oliver Naesen will start stage 21 with this brand new Corsa. A steel bike with a custom geometry and a custom Retro design" Eddy Gordo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted July 29, 2019 Share And in case anyone else want to see the new Corsa in THE fastest colour (Thanks Gummy): Edited July 29, 2019 by DJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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