Search results for:

Nearly there. Waiting for the last bits (and praying for a long dry summer because this one won't leave the house unless 100% dry roads).

Ordered a rather cheap headset for it (Dia Compe) but decided to take the Record from a bike I have for sale (but nobody seems to be interested in http://www.2dehands.be/fietsen/fietsen/racefiets/moderne-klassieker-237376602.html) and put that one on the Merckx. Also decided not to put the Chorus wheels under it but my tubular wheels (Record hubs, Campagnolo Sigma Pavé rims, Conti Competition tubs):

Do you have a picture of that Merckx on a dark background so there's some more contrast in the pic? Looks good, though.

Patience, patience... There's a reason why there are no more left in Italy (the same reason why most people who have one, want to keep it).

Good luck!

Looks a bit like a Kona ti stem.

I hope the stem will be lowered a bit (about 10 cm or something ;-)). Nice and pretty unique frame.

Great frame. What groupset is that?

:-)

I'm so tempted these days, saw yesterday some Croce d'Aune parts (including Delta brakes) on a Dutch site and that would make it perfect. But on the other hand: that would drive my wife crazy so I'll stick to the Chorus.

Ordered headset, chain and at Planet X this one:

Hope to receive everything by the end of the week so I can start building next weekend. Found this picture on the web and the final result should come close to it:

unboxed the groupset (8 speed Campa Chorus) today that will be put on the Corsa Extra. Just need a decent headset, a new chain and a saddle, other parts are all present (not on the picture: a Chorus seatpost, wheels with Mavic Sup rims on Chorus hubs, 3T bars)

Indeed but maybe I just have to sell the bikes that aren't my size anyway. Creates some more (financial) possibilities for building up the Coppi. ;-)

Next monday I'm going to The Netherlands and pick it up. Negative side of that: I'll probably have to dismantle (or sell) one of my other bikes because I've got no more room to store another complete bike...

Wim

@Engineering101 here's some pics: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k5yf1ojfjxdmu6q/AAAW-qn3RQ90WNWPmdCaUkR4a?dl=0

thanks in advance!

Wim

Will start this project later this month:

As we say here in Ghent: "da's wa de Max da". ;-)

It will go slow. I first have to finish my Moser "Modello Gran Sport' (see https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/267662/?offset=50#comment12291820) but as the Moser is too small for me and this Merckx should be perfect, it will be hard not to start with this one.

It won't be completely "period correct" because I don't think the Chorus 8 speed with brifters was already on the market in 1989 but so be it.

Here in Belgium? The guy I bought it from had some other nice bikes: Colnago Mexico, Somec, Eddy Merckx Corsa (in extremely good condition), Bianchi TSX, a Tomassini,...

Nice indeed but paid 350 euro so don't know if this is a really good deal. But it was the price I wanted to pay.

Bought a nice and nearly mint Merckx frame yesterday that (when other projects are finished) I will probably build up with a nineties Campa Chorus 8 speed.

Found out it's a bike in "Team Stuttgart" colours and that team was the precedent of the Team Telekom.

It has a serial number F-8X-3012-B stamped in the BB shell and according to this list http://www.cadre.org/Merckx/ this confirms it's a 1988/1989 Corsa Extra in size 58x57.

New toy for this boy. Had to sell my MX Leader because it was too large and thanks god, today I found this Corsa Extra (in nearly mint condition) in Team Stuttgart colours:

Fiouwww, that's gonna be a +500 euro colourscheme, I think... (official Colnago-sprayer that was about to respray mine asked 300 euro for the PR99 scheme and that's just plain white). But it will be nice, that's for sure.

@Engineering101 I'll post some pictures tonight or tomorrow (I'm off cycling this afternoon ;-)), thanks for the offer to compare.

@JWestland thanks for the link, interesting site.

Indeed, spokes with tons of grease on them are the ones in best condition.

I started the quest for a Regina Oro gold plated chain but gosh, they're expensive!!

I don't want to count the nights I've been reading online so far...

What do you exactly mean with "pinned" lugs?

Thanks for the information.

DA on low end is unusual, indeed. But with a bike that's approx. 30 years old, strange things can happen. I've seen DA 11 speed on Aelle frames here on the forum, you know. ;-)

I'm about to dismantle it completely and I hope frame weight brings some more indirect information. But I suspect it to be resprayed because under the black paint of the fork, there's shiny chrome.

Started cleaning the wheels today

and look who showed her true colours... Regina Oro!!