[CR]Eddy Merckx's handlebar setup Was: Brake Cable Routing

(Example: Bike Shops)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:03:32 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR]Eddy Merckx's handlebar setup Was: Brake Cable Routing

On Dec 23, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Don Gillies wrote:
>
>> I think that one first has to make two choices :
>> (a) Flat bar-tops
>> (b) Flat bar-drops
>>
>> In that photo from Chuck Schmidt, this guy Eddy-something
>>
>> <http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/images/palmares/
>> mercxk_peeters.jpg>
>>
>> obviously has it ALL WRONG. (Ok, what a troll ! never mind!) He
>> is something like halfway between flat-tops and flat-drops - I'm a
>> flat-drops guy myself. (cut)
>
>
> No, I respectfully disagree; Eddy Merckx sets up his bars with the
> drops close to horizontal (very slight slope), not "halfway between
> flat-tops and flat-drops."
>
> Here's another view:
> <http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Unknown/Incomparable-Eddy-Merckx-
> Pre-made-Frame-C11716075.jpeg>

Plus this one: http://www.geocities.com/biciclenet/merckx5.jpeg

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)