After emailing back and forth with Richard (TGR), he told me to show some of my bikes here.
Now, a few months later i started this built and registered here and there it is, my '85 Merckx pursuit.
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i also had this laying around and tought it would do honor to the frame and vice versa
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But first, a bike is not a bike without some "decent" wheels. With the frame came a 650c mavic 4 CD laced on a suntour gpx hub, so went to search a 700c mavic and about a month ago i've found one for a small price. let the lacing begin.
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a little help came unexpected
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And this is where i am for now, next things to do are:
- drill holes in the steer for cable routing
- change BB because it's to big
- go pick some leather for some almarc style steering wrap that matches the saddle
also, i'm still searching a chain to match, i found a suntour chain with messing/gold like outer plates and black inner. regina extra oro is a bit to expensive, or will i just go for some clean silver chain?
oh, some c record aero pedals and a 700c Wolber SL19 tire are also on the wanted list.
feel free to tell me what you think of it![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
And i apologize in advance for bad writing/spelling.
cheers, Bram
Now, a few months later i started this built and registered here and there it is, my '85 Merckx pursuit.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2864%2F10250933616_a1c00645c8_z.jpg&hash=78f8cc707a4f279479c93906dae64e15)
IMG_0866
i also had this laying around and tought it would do honor to the frame and vice versa
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7294%2F10250931756_c98b2c1dd4_z.jpg&hash=9925cebce9a9a9c60773a195841d0834)
IMG_0867
But first, a bike is not a bike without some "decent" wheels. With the frame came a 650c mavic 4 CD laced on a suntour gpx hub, so went to search a 700c mavic and about a month ago i've found one for a small price. let the lacing begin.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3705%2F10251259114_d9e73b7656_z.jpg&hash=b01f4fa821f4a9c4d1adb76934af1f56)
IMG_0884
a little help came unexpected
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IMG_0886
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IMG_0891
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IMG_0888
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IMG_0906
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IMG_0916
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IMG_0922
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IMG_0936
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And this is where i am for now, next things to do are:
- drill holes in the steer for cable routing
- change BB because it's to big
- go pick some leather for some almarc style steering wrap that matches the saddle
also, i'm still searching a chain to match, i found a suntour chain with messing/gold like outer plates and black inner. regina extra oro is a bit to expensive, or will i just go for some clean silver chain?
oh, some c record aero pedals and a 700c Wolber SL19 tire are also on the wanted list.
feel free to tell me what you think of it
And i apologize in advance for bad writing/spelling.
cheers, Bram