Re: [CR]Merckx

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:15:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Vladislav Luskin" <vladluskin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Merckx
To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
In-Reply-To: <438805.96730.qm@web50507.mail.re2.yahoo.com>


"If he weighed 75 kg on the morning of the Hour Record, are we sure he was/is nearly 6'1"? That would have made him awfully slender, even for a top cyclist."

Not "awfully" slender. I'm 6'1" and 69kg and though slender, I'm no Michael Rasmussen.

Vlad Luskin

San Francisco, CA

--- On Fri, 5/9/08, EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca>

wrote:

From: EPL <lowiemanuel@yahoo.ca> Subject: [CR]Merckx To: "classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Date: Friday, May 9, 2008, 12:57 PM

If he weighed 75 kg on the morning of the Hour Record, are we sure he was/is nearly 6&#39;1{quot} ? That would have made him awfully slender, even for a top cyclist. I still woiuld like to see his vital statistics.

Why not make next year&#39;s Cirque theme {quot}Race Bikes,{quot} with special emphasis on marques Merckx was associated with. Try to also get ephemera from collections (Horton etc.): like jerseys, printed material, musettes, heck even a retrospective of the Adidas shoes which carry his name.

As long as we don&#39;t behave like Trekkies and all go around in faux Molteni jerseys (yep, i got one too!) then maybe we won&#39;t freak him out. Invite him well in advance.

Special outdoor event: lawn party featuring Belgian beer, moules, frites dipped in mayonnaise.

Emanuel Lowi Montreal, Quebec (where we fully appreciate Belgian cuisine and ride on our own Eddy Merckx &#39;74 World Championship circuit)

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