Nice shop/workout area!๐
Wow! Color me jealous.
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Quality time with my home built time machine
I have been working on my time machine for quite a while now and at last it seems like I have got it up and running. I set the timespan to 1991-92 and decided to have a go at it.
Landed in Belgium and went straight to Heerenweg 11, Meise and sneaked in to the show room. Eddy was there and we had a chat...
Then everything blurred and I woke up in Sweden again. Three hours of daylight (dark daylight) and -20 Celsius. I felt really strange and confused as I came to. Still have no feeling in my left hand.
The nice thing though is that I got a bike with me home thru time travel. The frame is perfect and most of the parts also. Strangely the front wheel and seatpost got mixed up in the time-transformation-equation and has to be corrected.
No - I have not built a time machine... I bought this bike from a nice guy in Germany. He had only used it a couple of times because it was not the right size for him. He had bought it from an elderly man in the Netherlands who had it at his summerhouse and used it very little. This bike is as new.
I have gone over the frame with hawk eyes and only found two pin size paint chips. It is like it left the factory yesterday. I will substitute the seatpost for a Dura Ace Aero, saddle will be a Selle Italia Flite or a Fausto Coppi edition. Period correct Look Carbon Pro (red) pedals and a matching set of 32 spoke MA 40 with tan wall Vittoria Open Corsa 25. Probably a Dura ace stem and a more traditional handlebar. Could go for a Cinelli XA or 1R also.
Then I wish and hope for summer soon and that I will get to take it for a spin.
For those of you not familiar with Merckx in Columbus MAX tubing - here is a short summary:
Merckx frames in Columbus MXL - the MX Leader are famous. This is a pre-MX Leader in full Columbus MAX tubing. They are quite rare as they were made for a very short period around 1991-92. They are Corsa Extra labeled and below is a catalog pic (stolen from the net). Professionally they were used by both the Motorola and Telekom teams.
I am really happy to get hold of such a nice condition frame and of such an unusual execution Merckx. Goes straight into my collection but will get used a bit also. This is my fifth Merckx (four MXL and a 80ies cyclocross) and/but it is my number one among them. (Holy cr*p! I have got 30 bikes now
Quality time with my home built time machine
I have been working on my time machine for quite a while now and at last it seems like I have got it up and running. I set the timespan to 1991-92 and decided to have a go at it.
Landed in Belgium and went straight to Heerenweg 11, Meise and sneaked in to the show room. Eddy was there and we had a chat...
Then everything blurred and I woke up in Sweden again. Three hours of daylight (dark daylight) and -20 Celsius. I felt really strange and confused as I came to. Still have no feeling in my left hand.
The nice thing though is that I got a bike with me home thru time travel. The frame is perfect and most of the parts also. Strangely the front wheel and seatpost got mixed up in the time-transformation-equation and has to be corrected.
No - I have not built a time machine... I bought this bike from a nice guy in Germany. He had only used it a couple of times because it was not the right size for him. He had bought it from an elderly man in the Netherlands who had it at his summerhouse and used it very little. This bike is as new.
I have gone over the frame with hawk eyes and only found two pin size paint chips. It is like it left the factory yesterday. I will substitute the seatpost for a Dura Ace Aero, saddle will be a Selle Italia Flite or a Fausto Coppi edition. Period correct Look Carbon Pro (red) pedals and a matching set of 32 spoke MA 40 with tan wall Vittoria Open Corsa 25. Probably a Dura ace stem and a more traditional handlebar. Could go for a Cinelli XA or 1R also.
Then I wish and hope for summer soon and that I will get to take it for a spin.
For those of you not familiar with Merckx in Columbus MAX tubing - here is a short summary:
Merckx frames in Columbus MXL - the MX Leader are famous. This is a pre-MX Leader in full Columbus MAX tubing. They are quite rare as they were made for a very short period around 1991-92. They are Corsa Extra labeled and below is a catalog pic (stolen from the net). Professionally they were used by both the Motorola and Telekom teams.
I am really happy to get hold of such a nice condition frame and of such an unusual execution Merckx. Goes straight into my collection but will get used a bit also. This is my fifth Merckx (four MXL and a 80ies cyclocross) and/but it is my number one among them. (Holy cr*p! I have got 30 bikes now
-5 *F , windchill -20F* , Phucket
Was out at the shops and saw this incredible aero bike parked outside the Apple Store... then I got closer and actually looked at the wheels and what they are... and the frame and what it is...
Someone has a lot of creativity that's for sure, click to view larger and zoom in ๐
Is it covered in foam?
