Re: [CR]eBay outing: FIAT Merckx replicas in France

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From: "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
To: "Raymond Dobbins" <raydobbins2003@yahoo.com>, "Classic Rendezvous Bike List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]eBay outing: FIAT Merckx replicas in France
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:54:32 -0500
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... whatever this is worth. have a fiat team card (large size too) ... and only one bicycle is shown. even so, with the silver paint, i can't tell if the fork crown is chrome or not. it is flat with the two side "prongs", and a reynolds triangle fork decal on the side. ... the top tube brake guides are definitey clip-ons. so are the front shifters bolt on too. otherwise the same. ... maybe he got his, maybe it was just a photo shoot, (given only one bike), and the rest of the team got the others. robert clair alexandria, va 22308


----- Original Message -----
From: Raymond Dobbins
To: Classic Rendezvous Bike List
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:54 PM
Subject: [CR]eBay outing: FIAT Merckx replicas in France



> Here's a replica you rarely see, a FIAT Merckx. Doesn't have quite the
> cachet of a Molteni, but still very cool. Interestingly, there are three
> available in 54, 56 and 58, albeit for a fairly steep BIN price. I wonder
> what the deal is (Norris, do you know this seller?). BTW, I like the
> chrome fork crown, which is very unusual in these factory replicas
> (assuming that's what these are):
>
>
> http://ebay.com/<blah>
>
> Ray Dobbins
> Miami FL USA