[CR]Merckx with 50th anniversary gruppo

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Toni Theilmeier" <toni.theilmeier@t-online.de>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 19:59:08 +0200
Subject: [CR]Merckx with 50th anniversary gruppo

I viewed this bike yesterday fully intending to buy it after it had been described to me as hardly used and in unscratched, near perfect condition.

I then refused to spend any money on it after finding out that there is

hardly an unscathed part on the bike, the rear triangle is slightly bent, the gruppo suitcase had been discarded years ago and the pedals which had supposedly been kept in a glass case had seen hard use, as had the whole cycle. The rear derailleur is also bent.

It´s a red 55 cm frame, and the gruppo # is, if I remember correctly,

6721. Bike has original bill of sale dating from early 1984.

The elderly couple selling it are very nice people, no doubt about it,

and certainly not intending to cheat anyone. It´s just another case of

owners having a misconception of the state of their bike relative to its value on the collectors´ market, this time concerning a very special cycle which might attract international attention if offered in

an electric auction.

Regards, Toni Theilmeier, Belm, Germany. <sniffle>