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1989 Eddy Merckx Hitachi

1989 Eddy Merckx Hitachi

Description

This bike is very rare in that only a handful were made. (For the Tour de France of 1989 only).
some time after the tour, it was imported into New Zealand and a young up and coming cyclist named Glenn Mitchell managed to convince his mum and dad to buy it for him.
Glenn would go on to make a name for himself in amateur, and professional cycling, and this fra,e and wheels were kept securely stored in the attic of his mum and dads house. I am very pleased he was keen for it to be built back up as ‘the tour bike’ and put on display. A really cool feature is the engraving of the front hub ‘tour 89’, something we don’t see on modern tour bikes.

Key Details

Brand

Eddy Merckx

Year

1989

Model

Pursuit

Frame Material

Reynolds 753 steel

Components

Mavic

Wheels

Mavic Comete carbon disc, Mavic front spoked (tour 89 hub)

Discipline

Time trials

Team

Hitachi

Rider

Unknown

Results

Unknown but ridden in 1989 Tour de France, and used to winMultiple NZ titles