Road Test/Bike Review (1989) EDDY MERCKX Team 7-Eleven Corsa Extra
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Road Test/Bike Review (1989) EDDY MERCKX Team 7-Eleven Corsa Extra
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That's so funny since one popped up locally on CL this week; https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds...681211146.html
I posted it in the C&V forum.
I posted it in the C&V forum.
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One of my favorite bikes of all time. That green and red paint job, with the 3/4 chrome... the absolute business. And Andy is a class act all the way.
34 years later, I want one as badly as I did in 1989.
--Shannon
34 years later, I want one as badly as I did in 1989.
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one of the road tests from the prime days of Bicycle Guide! What a great magazine!
I suppose it doesn't hurt to have one of the greatest cyclists as the focus of the article either.
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(currently a fan of Adventure Cycling magazine)
I suppose it doesn't hurt to have one of the greatest cyclists as the focus of the article either.
Steve in Peoria
(currently a fan of Adventure Cycling magazine)
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Suggest further reading the book
Team 7-Eleven: How an Unsung Band of American Cyclists Took on the World- and Won
Jim Ochowicz / Geoff Drake
Great insight section with Eddy and team, management.
Team 7-Eleven: How an Unsung Band of American Cyclists Took on the World- and Won
Jim Ochowicz / Geoff Drake
Great insight section with Eddy and team, management.
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I looked at one 20+ years ago when I didn’t have a bike and knew nothing. The seller let me take it to a shop for inspection where they told me the Campy group was mismatched. That turned me off and I ended up with the Medici. Eddie moved BOTH Andy’s saddle back and bars forward with a longer stem. 🤔
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Simply a gorgeous bike, one of my favorites.
Note that there are two different bikes shown in that review, with slightly different paint schemes.
Note that there are two different bikes shown in that review, with slightly different paint schemes.
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so hot.