Eddy Merckx

The best bicycle racer of all time!
Click on images to see a larger view. Updated 8.30.2019

   Eddy Merckx branded bicycles were made by various select builders/manufacturers in the 1970s:
    Italy's Pela, Masi, Colnago, DeRosa, Britain's Falcon, Belgium's Kessels & Terryn, France's Jeunet & Starnord, Switzerland's Allegro and Japan's Miyata.
   And then in 1980, Eddy Merckx opened his own workshop in Meise, Belgium. Eddy sold his company in 2014.

2010 bicycle line catalog cover

Who made the bikes Eddy actually rode during his career? HERE

The early years

Worlds Championship jersey and
1971 Tour de France.

Eddy Merckx bicycle serial number registry HERE
Bicycles made in Eddy's workshop (other country's serial numbers maybe later)

Jean Boijen's very interesting Merckx Pista bicycle: made by ?

The Hour Record: History and Controversy
Oct 25, 1972, Eddy set an astounding record that would last for many years.

Eddy and the Hour
Bicycle Guide magazine article, March 1991
Click to down load Acrobat pdf files
(Scans courtesy Mark Bulgier)

1972 Hour Record bike (one of two?) built by Colnago
photo by Tom Maloney ~Cycling News

Excerpt from "La Course en Tęte" or "Head Of the Field", featuring
the record-setting Hour Record in Mexico City on October 25th, 1972

Eddy opened his own frame building shop in 1980:

Eddy and his mentor, Ugo DeRosa

Views of the Merckx factory

1980 Eddy Merckx
as seen on eBay by seller "henczy"
The description: First Generation Eddy Merckx/Ugo De Rosa road bike from 1980 in excellent vintage condition! High-end model (A6) from the first year of the Belgian road bike manufacture, made with Columbus tubes and Campagnolo drop outs, designed by Eddy Merckx with the assistance of Ugo de Rosa! "