Merckx Corsa SL teams

kaiser":e9svd6cb said:
jet sanchez, very nice, was it a team only design?

That is a really good question but I have no idea; certainly, I have never seen another one like it.

Here is my girlfriend's Corsa Extra in the Hitachi colours, made from Reynolds 653:

hitachi1.jpg


I have never found out which team raced with these colours, perhaps there never was a team that used them exclusively. It is a Corsa Extra made from TSX tubes:

tutti1.jpg


Here is a catalog scan of the team colour schemes that were offered up in 1989:

1989-teams.jpg
 
The garish one at the bottom is tutti frutti.dont think it was ever a team design.

The reverse Telekom is rare but I have seen a couple around.

I also have a circa 1996? Arcobaleno in an unknown team color way . Seems to be a "pro" fit- top tube is 2cm longer than normal, has a shorter head tube and a number "
 
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