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The best bicycle racer of all time...
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    Eddy Merckx branded bicycles have been made by various select builders/manufacturers: Italy's Pela, Masi, Colnago, DeRosa, Britain's Falcon, Belgium's Kessels & Terryn and Japan's Miyata...  Then by Eddy Merckx himself in his own workshop www.eddymerckx.be

2010 bicycle line catalog cover with vintage Eddy picture


Who made the bikes Eddy rode in his career? See guesses HERE

The early years

      

Worlds Championship jersey and
1971 Tour de France.
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    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 days.
 

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 Tête" 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:

  L:  Eddy and his mentor, Ugo DeRosa     R: Views of the Merckx factory
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Kevin Kruger's aero tubed #E 2534

           
        

1982 complete pro bike
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Scott Ramsay's early 1980s Merckx made bike, serial #E 5306.
The chrome lugs make this an unusual version.

       
          

 Matthew Simon's Pista # E 9701

  

David Schelor's authentic 7-11 bike  #A 9816

        

        

           

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