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