Isaac, Your top tube cable guide in this photo: _http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickybanister/1583781421/in/set-7215760245617868 8/_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickybanister/1583781421/in/set-72157602456178688/)
looks exactly like those on Tom Kellogg #16 from 1977: _http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/FriendsBikes/BolishsBikes/Tom_K ellogg_16_1977/Kellogg77_16Road59x60_5GoldRpnt06.jpg.html_ (http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/fujifish1/FriendsBikes/BolishsBikes/Tom_Kellogg_16_1977/Kell ogg77_16Road59x60_5GoldRpnt06.jpg.html)
...so the Kellogg repaint and add-ons story, seems plausible enough.
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:18:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Isaac Schell <ias23philly@yahoo.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]mystery "merckx" photos
Thanks to everyone who has responded so far to this mystery bike. I finally have photos up on my friends flickr page, the links is
http://www.flickr.com/
Again, this is a bike my friend bought from a former amateur racer who rode in century races. He said that it was a red Eddy Merckx which he had stripped of its decals and repainted by Tom Kellog. The braze-ons which you see he said were also done by Kellog. The paint looks pretty thick to be a Tom Kellog job, but who knows. It just dawned on me that I didnt take any photos of the entire bike, but only of the details that I thought would be most telling. The serial # on the drive side of the bottom bracket reads c15427, however on the non drive side is the #4. Also another strange thing about this bike is the size 26.0 campagnolo seatpost. Again any information would be great. Thanks, Isaac Philadelphia PA
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