NOS EDDY MERCKX TEAM PANASONIC

ok so here goes, seems all and sundry are blogging these days, shit even my mother has one that she updates 3 x daily :) so i thought i might as well give it a shot. This blog is going to be about my retro ride projects, restorations and generally anything Campagnolo and steel.





Coming soon will be my first completed retro steed, Eddy Merckx NOS Columbus SL frame with Campagnolo Super Record, it has been 18mths in the making and it has been worth the wait and every cent, a HUGE thanks to John "Mystery" Morrison for doing most of (ok all) the work of building the bike up, this is not the kind of bike you experiment on, a piece of art such as this desevres an eye for detail such as Mystery's!!!

Below are the polished SR cranks that will take centre place on Eddy, i got the idea to polish the cranks after seeing some on one of Ray Dobbins bikes, "The Master" of retro bike rebuilds (check out http://www.raydobbins.com/ for some seriously hot rides), so i have had to polish most of the groupset now and it has come up a treat. Mystery has polished the hubs before building up the wheels and they shine like nothing ive ever seen before, fair to say i will need more than the old school Oakley factory pilot's to protect the eyes from these babys!!!

Hopefully i'll be able to upload photo's of the complete bike within a week or so, until then hope all you old school steel lovers are out there keeping it real on steel, cheers