I'm coming for the 2026 August BOTM (LOL ), so I thought I better start a build thread. 
Many, many moons ago, I helped a friend buy a Yo Eddy frame from Germany because he was a bit financially weak at the time. After a few months of him paying me off, I forgot about it completely. But about a year ago, he decided to liquidate his collection, and when I heard the news, I asked what was left (I didn't even think he still had the Eddy). So I drove about 2.5 hours to see him, and while browsing, I saw the one I bought for him, the M/L Eddy. It was sitting in a dark corner underneath a pile of other stuff. It was waiting for me, with my name written on it.
Of course, it took a bit of bargaining, as Eddy prices have gone through the roof since then, but in the end, I was lucky enough to get it within my financial tolerance (obviously, for many of you, it would be 'for free', so I won't even dare say how cheap it was)
When I bought it, I was given a fork to go with it, which was sold as a Tange Switchblade. This shows my lack of education in the early 90's - when I got home with it, it turned out to be a Yokota. I don't know its name (if the forks ever were named), but it's cro-mo and has Spinner dropouts. Since there are no Eddy forks available at the very moment, and I liked these forks from the beginning, for the time being, I'll stick with these. The legs will be color-matched to the frame.
Here are a couple of pictures of how I got it. I have shared these photos on Facebook to figure out the original color (on the german papers, it was stated 'Lila', but that could have been Team as well.) Luckily, there is a lot of information in that Facebook group, so I found out that the German importer had a good relationship with the final finisher, Harry Wallace, which may have led to the creation of the Wicked colorway Eddy series. Leslie's Purple was a Wicked color in 1992, and it seems to be the base color for this frame.
I do not know much about why it looked like this; maybe it was used badly, so somebody just stripped most of the purple, except where the stickers were. And then, like a 5-year-old, he overpainted the stickers...
Several people advised me to keep it as it is, as it carries with it the whole story of its life, but for me, restoration is the first word that comes to mind. And it's a fact known to all - these Eddy's rot in their standing position, so I was curious to see how bad the situation was at the usual rot points. Well, it's not good; the bottom of the seat tube has holes in two sides, so that needs to be repaired. It looks like I've got the man for it, and now it's the next project in the queue. In the meantime, I am looking for somebody to replicate the paint.
Original paperwork when the frame was sold:
Parts-wise, I had some I had been looking for a good home for ages, like a pair of Bullseye hubs or a Syncros Revo crankset.
It's not finalized, but the plan is the following: since the Bullseye hubs are freewheel, and I wanted a 3x8-speed bike, I needed an 8-speed MF. A few weeks ago, I eBayed a Sachs LY93 11-28T multiple freewheel, solving that problem.
I have no idea if it will work, but I have a Campagnolo Icarus RD/FD in the shed and want to pair it with an SL-M732 XT thumbie. The chain should be Shimano, maybe an HG70 if I can find it. Braking will be done by a pair of MachineTech Zeroflex mk1 levers from 1995 (they might be too young for a 1993 build) or a pair of Graftons attached to Gravity Research Pipedreams. Rims most probably Campagnolo to match the RD and FD. Seatpost I have a Syncros and an option to use Roox in 29,4. The stem will be a color-matched Odyssey VAPOR stem, and I also have the matching rear Odyssey VAPOR rear brake ratio pull modifier to go with it. Others are not decided.
Current status after sandblasting:
Many, many moons ago, I helped a friend buy a Yo Eddy frame from Germany because he was a bit financially weak at the time. After a few months of him paying me off, I forgot about it completely. But about a year ago, he decided to liquidate his collection, and when I heard the news, I asked what was left (I didn't even think he still had the Eddy). So I drove about 2.5 hours to see him, and while browsing, I saw the one I bought for him, the M/L Eddy. It was sitting in a dark corner underneath a pile of other stuff. It was waiting for me, with my name written on it.
Of course, it took a bit of bargaining, as Eddy prices have gone through the roof since then, but in the end, I was lucky enough to get it within my financial tolerance (obviously, for many of you, it would be 'for free', so I won't even dare say how cheap it was)
When I bought it, I was given a fork to go with it, which was sold as a Tange Switchblade. This shows my lack of education in the early 90's - when I got home with it, it turned out to be a Yokota. I don't know its name (if the forks ever were named), but it's cro-mo and has Spinner dropouts. Since there are no Eddy forks available at the very moment, and I liked these forks from the beginning, for the time being, I'll stick with these. The legs will be color-matched to the frame.
Here are a couple of pictures of how I got it. I have shared these photos on Facebook to figure out the original color (on the german papers, it was stated 'Lila', but that could have been Team as well.) Luckily, there is a lot of information in that Facebook group, so I found out that the German importer had a good relationship with the final finisher, Harry Wallace, which may have led to the creation of the Wicked colorway Eddy series. Leslie's Purple was a Wicked color in 1992, and it seems to be the base color for this frame.
I do not know much about why it looked like this; maybe it was used badly, so somebody just stripped most of the purple, except where the stickers were. And then, like a 5-year-old, he overpainted the stickers...
Several people advised me to keep it as it is, as it carries with it the whole story of its life, but for me, restoration is the first word that comes to mind. And it's a fact known to all - these Eddy's rot in their standing position, so I was curious to see how bad the situation was at the usual rot points. Well, it's not good; the bottom of the seat tube has holes in two sides, so that needs to be repaired. It looks like I've got the man for it, and now it's the next project in the queue. In the meantime, I am looking for somebody to replicate the paint.
Original paperwork when the frame was sold:
Parts-wise, I had some I had been looking for a good home for ages, like a pair of Bullseye hubs or a Syncros Revo crankset.
It's not finalized, but the plan is the following: since the Bullseye hubs are freewheel, and I wanted a 3x8-speed bike, I needed an 8-speed MF. A few weeks ago, I eBayed a Sachs LY93 11-28T multiple freewheel, solving that problem.
I have no idea if it will work, but I have a Campagnolo Icarus RD/FD in the shed and want to pair it with an SL-M732 XT thumbie. The chain should be Shimano, maybe an HG70 if I can find it. Braking will be done by a pair of MachineTech Zeroflex mk1 levers from 1995 (they might be too young for a 1993 build) or a pair of Graftons attached to Gravity Research Pipedreams. Rims most probably Campagnolo to match the RD and FD. Seatpost I have a Syncros and an option to use Roox in 29,4. The stem will be a color-matched Odyssey VAPOR stem, and I also have the matching rear Odyssey VAPOR rear brake ratio pull modifier to go with it. Others are not decided.
Current status after sandblasting:
