Eddie Merckx Motorola Road Bike

lm1065 · Feb 12, 2015

For Sale is a used retro Eddy Merckx road bike.
90's Motorola Design.
Full Campagnolo 8 Speed Mirage Groupset, including seatpin.
39/53 Chainring.
Campagnolo wheels with 2 Continental tyres.
54cm centre to centre top tube.
53cm centre to centre seat tube.
Sold as seen, In good condition but has numerous marks and chips.
Hopefully the photos show the real condition of the frame.
Perfect for an eroica ride.

£499 ONO.

Dibs or PM.

frostie · Feb 13, 2015

You have Pm

lm1065 · Feb 27, 2015

Re:

This bike is still for sale after being let down by a time waster.
Thanks

pigman · Feb 28, 2015

lm1065":2wwmivxt said:
......Perfect for an eroica ride.

Not really, it has Ergos and concealed brake cables.
I can appreciate a bit of marketing hype is useful, along with hanging it onto the emotions of Eroica, but its always useful to add a bit realism to aid the uninitiated.
Sorry, nothing personal and its a lovely bike at a fair price

Apple Tree · Mar 3, 2015

Well done Pigman for pointing this out. Sadly L'Eroica seems to be attached to just about every thing these days. However, as you say, a nice looking bike.

lm1065 · Mar 3, 2015

Surely if you remove the ergo levers and put down tube levers on as there is braze on gear lever bosses on the down tube

Apple Tree · Mar 3, 2015

Yes you can remove the Ergo's and put friction levers on the down tube bosses. The replacement brake levers would need to have non-aero (i.e. exposed) brake cables over the handlebars. The cassette is 8 speed whereas I believe the maximum allowed is 7 speed. The cut off date is 1987 and your frame is 1990s. So quite a lot of work required.
I have nothing against your bike, in fact I am even tempted by it myself, but it is not L'Eroica ready and even with work is not really in the spirit of the event.
However, a fine bicycle from the 1990's at a reasonable price and it deserves a good sale.

velocipede · Mar 5, 2015

Assuming it's set up for you in the pics - how tall are you?
Cheers

lm1065 · Mar 17, 2015

Sorry for late reply, but the bike was not set up for me.
I suppose it would suit somebody with a saddle height of approx 680mm to 750mm

flip-mos · Mar 17, 2015

Re:

Hi, would you be willing to ship the bike to Berkshire?

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