[CR]Re: Merckx Hour Record bike - Reply from Gita

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From: <BobHoveyGa@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:39:55 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Re: Merckx Hour Record bike - Reply from Gita

Received a few minutes ago:

Bob,

The hour record bike that we had here at Gita for a while and which was also at Il Vecchio's was indeed the bike that Eddy rode for the hour record.  I do not know of any replicas, though there could very well be some.  Eddy kept very few of his old race bikes and the ones he kept were typically ridden by other riders after Eddy used them, so frequently the components were not the same as when Eddy used the bike.  To the best of my knowledge, the hour record bike is still the same as it was when he used it.   I  have heard Eddy say that the bike was very whippy because of all of the drillings and that he may have been able to go further if they hadn't lightened it so much.

Regards,

Nelson Frazier Gita Sporting Goods, Ltd.

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Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA