Jim Merz Allez?
02-26-24, 02:25 PM
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Jim Merz Allez?
Not sure what this is? Only 2 pics
Allez - $200 - Santa Monica, CA
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...941448030551/?
Listed as "Jim Merz Edition", does have the signature (decal) on seatstay, Frame color seems right, Shimano 600 group, fork crown. But then other colors are off, basically everything white should be yellow. Lots of decals missing. I could see new decals, but new white pant in the panto's? Not a Merz? Re-paint/decal? other version I don't know about?
Allez - $200 - Santa Monica, CA
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...941448030551/?
Listed as "Jim Merz Edition", does have the signature (decal) on seatstay, Frame color seems right, Shimano 600 group, fork crown. But then other colors are off, basically everything white should be yellow. Lots of decals missing. I could see new decals, but new white pant in the panto's? Not a Merz? Re-paint/decal? other version I don't know about?
02-26-24, 02:32 PM
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Not sure what this is? Only 2 pics
Allez - $200 - Santa Monica, CA
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...941448030551/?
Listed as "Jim Merz Edition", does have the signature (decal) on seatstay, Frame color seems right, Shimano 600 group, fork crown. But then other colors are off, basically everything white should be yellow. Lots of decals missing. I could see new decals, but new white pant in the panto's? Not a Merz? Re-paint/decal? other version I don't know about?
Allez - $200 - Santa Monica, CA
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...941448030551/?
Listed as "Jim Merz Edition", does have the signature (decal) on seatstay, Frame color seems right, Shimano 600 group, fork crown. But then other colors are off, basically everything white should be yellow. Lots of decals missing. I could see new decals, but new white pant in the panto's? Not a Merz? Re-paint/decal? other version I don't know about?
If that sig decal is white instead of yellow and not a forgery then maybe.
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02-26-24, 03:43 PM
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Could the yellow bits have faded? The pink/red branding on my '91 Sirrus faded severely over the years. Maybe there was just something vulnerable about the colors used in the branding of Spec bikes from that period.
Looks like an indoor shot, under who knows what color of lighting. Auto white balance on the camera may have white-ified the branding.
Looks like an indoor shot, under who knows what color of lighting. Auto white balance on the camera may have white-ified the branding.
02-26-24, 04:38 PM
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Could the yellow bits have faded? The pink/red branding on my '91 Sirrus faded severely over the years. Maybe there was just something vulnerable about the colors used in the branding of Spec bikes from that period.
Looks like an indoor shot, under who knows what color of lighting. Auto white balance on the camera may have white-ified the branding.
Looks like an indoor shot, under who knows what color of lighting. Auto white balance on the camera may have white-ified the branding.
02-26-24, 04:55 PM
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Actual Merz Allez - Pump peg, bottle bosses, cable stop, cable guides on BB, seem to match. Fork panto is filled in yellow, but seatstay cap is raised logo and blue like the frame, not painted in contrast.
