> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:11:27 +0000 (GMT)
\r?\n> From: Michael Butler <pariscycles@yahoo.co.uk>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]What Merckx Do I Own?
\r?\n> To: 1983merckx@earthlink.net
\r?\n> CC: classicrendezvoua@bikelist.org
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jon,
\r?\n> Bloody expensive is the answer! A typical Merckx
\r?\n> frame
\r?\n> and I can only remember the top spec being
\r?\n> advertised
\r?\n> was in the region of £240.00 in 83. This was serious
\r?\n> money.
\r?\n> As a comparision you could get a Raleigh 531 Team
\r?\n> Replica complete bike for £370.00 or a Colnalgo team
\r?\n> frameset for £230.00, Moser Team framset £185.00,
\r?\n> Benotto Team £185.00 or a E.G.Bates top of the range
\r?\n> Team Chiltern at £165.00.
\r?\n> Only the Raleigh 753 Team frame was dearer at
\r?\n> £265.00.
\r?\n> --- Jon Furst <1983merckx@earthlink.net> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > I've had my Eddy Merckx for about 10 years now,
\r?\n> and
\r?\n> > I still don't know if
\r?\n> > it has a "real" name. Is there a model name for my
\r?\n> > 1983 Merckx?
\r?\n> > Also, does anyone know the approximate retail sale
\r?\n> > price when this bike was
\r?\n> > new? (I DO NOT want a "current value" as it is
\r?\n> not,
\r?\n> > and will not be for
\r?\n> > sale) Super Record throughout. Pantographed: stem,
\r?\n> > brake levers, large
\r?\n> > chainring, even had Eddy Merckx embossed pedal
\r?\n> > straps. I can provide all
\r?\n> > the details of the bike if anyone is interested,
\r?\n> or
\r?\n> > if that owuld help
\r?\n> > identify a model. I've chande a few things over
\r?\n> the
\r?\n> > years, but I kept
\r?\n> > everything I changed, so purists can calm down.
\r?\n> > Here's some pics:
\r?\n> > http://home.earthlink.net/~1983merckx/merckx1.jpg
\r?\n> > http://home.earthlink.net/~1983merckx/merckx2.jpg
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > thanks alot.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Jon Furst
\r?\n> > Salinas and Livermore CA
\r?\n> > USA