Merckx MX Leader Frame on eBay
10-08-10, 09:32 AM
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Go to Belgium, knock on the door of Eddy Merckx's factory and see if the man is in....He's a great guy...met him at several bike shows.
Ask him if he's got any odd frames around that he'd like to kick out the door..the older, the better. Agree upon a price, fly back to U.S. and proceed to fund your retirement with the big ring prices these are getting on E-Bay.
Seriously, though the prices/market for collectible bikes seems to be growing. As in any other collectible, be it muscle car or rare art, scarcity and attractive provenance mean higher prices.
Ask him if he's got any odd frames around that he'd like to kick out the door..the older, the better. Agree upon a price, fly back to U.S. and proceed to fund your retirement with the big ring prices these are getting on E-Bay.
Seriously, though the prices/market for collectible bikes seems to be growing. As in any other collectible, be it muscle car or rare art, scarcity and attractive provenance mean higher prices.
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10-08-10, 10:26 AM
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Not the best color scheme but I wouldn't call it ugly. It's not colnago ugly.
10-08-10, 11:24 AM
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I'm with Nikkorod...it's ugly. I know Merckx bikes have a mythos, but so does Bianchi Celeste...and that's ugly too. Merckx makes a disproportionate amount of ugly bikes. That's one of them.
Colnagos are a lot of things...but ugly isn't one of them. Over the top? Sure. Overrated? Many would say yes. I haven't seen many ugly ones.
Colnagos are a lot of things...but ugly isn't one of them. Over the top? Sure. Overrated? Many would say yes. I haven't seen many ugly ones.
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10-08-10, 01:24 PM
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I'm with Liquefied. The 80s Colnagos had some of the ugliest paint schemes ever imagined. Of the many Colnagos and EMs bikes I've had and have, I had more ugly Colnagos than EM. But that is just my take.
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10-08-10, 01:35 PM
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While I know you meant it sarcastically,
+1.
After reading my post again, it didn't come across as kidding. Of course that bike is beautiful, and Celestes have a charm, like that Merckx does, but it's an odd charm.
Of course this is all aesthetics...some think I drive around a french fry carton
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10-08-10, 01:43 PM
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love celeste bianchis and i love pepto colored Merckx.
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