I've got an image of a similar brake bolt brazed directly to fork crown on a Bianchi ridden by Gimondi that is now in a Japanese collection as seen in the publication "All About Campagnolo." The rear brake pivot bolt is similarly brazed directly to the brake bridge on the Bianchi.
Brook Watts Longmont Colo
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>Dirk and Chuck wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:00:07 -0800
>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Eddy Merckx's components
>Message-ID: <41E573B3.A03F9799@earthlink.net>
>Dirk Feeken wrote:
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>> Ray,
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>> Have a look at
>> http://home.t-online.de/
>> To see one of Eddy's real Molteni Colnagos he rode in the early 70s.
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>Check out the brazed on brake caliper spindle/axle on the fork crown:
><http://home.t-online.de/home/dirk.feeken/colnago/COLNAGO4.JPG>
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>Koolamunga!!!
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>Interesting photos of what's supposed to be a bike Merckx actually rode..
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>I'm wondering if it's a repaint. Notice no wear to speak of the
>rear drop-outs,
>was the rear wheel never removed? Or did the set screws just stay in place?
>The paint just looks awfully clean for a race bike that would have
>been treated
>fairly roughly from what I've seen...maybe it was just a lucky bike,
>and stayed
>fairly pristine.
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>And that chainring comes from the late 70s I thought..wasn't Merckx
>done by then?
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>I'm just wondering if a couple of things were replaced later. Love
>the crappy drilling
>on the derailleur. Very much in-period..<g>
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>Charles Andrews
>SoCal