Gibbos-retro-rides
Dirt Disciple
Hi all, onto the next build my Eddy Merckx Team 7-Eleven. I bought this frame and forks on eBay and had been looking for a suitable one for a number of years! I actually bought this frame set during a family holiday which didn't go down to well with the misses :x When the frame set arrived from Scotland nicely packed and at first glance looked spot on. A week later I decided to put it in the stand and woundred if it really needed to be restored as it looked at first glance it looked decent or just build it up with the very nice Shimano 600 tri colour groupset that I had but together. It was then that I noticed that there was a rub mark on the left inside stay on the rear triangle. After a more detailed look at the rear dropouts to my horror I so the crack in the right side rear dropout :facepalm: I contacted the seller who assured me that he didn't know about it Hummmm. In fairness he refunded me over 50% of the price I paid including postage! Luckily for me one of my mates is a frame builder so after some detective work to find the correct Campagnolo dropouts. I think I ended up getting them from Holland for about £20.00 quid posted. So as these dropouts needed to be fitted my mind was made up for me to full restore it, as the chrome which was in good nick would be damaged when heated to replace the cracked dropout! More posts to come On this build regards Gibbo.
