In a message dated 3/28/04 11:08:47 AM Pacific Standard Time,
chasds@mindspring.com writes:
> Although, all that said, if one of the VERY earliest
> Merckx-marqued bikes showed up, I'd go for it
> full-tilt-boogie: one of those Molteni-orange road bikes
> made by Colnago in the early 70s, marqued as a Merckx,
> pantographed special, with Merckx's picture on the head and
> seat-tubes. Those bikes are rare as hen's teeth. I have
> yet to see one in the flesh. *That's* the Merckx to have!
>
I never saw any Colnago built ones. The ones that Tony at a Bicycle Odyssey had were Kessels, made in Belgium. Beautiful replica Molteni bikes. The had an oval decal at the top of the seat tube that said "Main d'Or" (hand of gold). Do we know for a fact that Colnago made similar bikes that were imported to the states? Stevan Thomas Alameda, CA I'll take one, 60 to 62 ctc.