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[Rod_Saetan]

Was this frame available in this colourway with a number tag in the catalogue? Ie if it exists like that then by default it is a team bike? We sold a lo-pro one of these many moons ago, went to Colombia!

 

[sjcprojects]

The closest thing in the 1995 Merckx catalogue is the MX-Leader – which is not SLX tubing, and has the usual Merckx branding, not Caloi, so I don't think they made an actual team replica, just used the team colours on this model. So, yes, I suspect by default it is a team bike (unless it's been faked, which obviously is possible, but seems unlikely to me).




If it was specifically Armstrong's bike, I'm pretty sure it would have his name on the top tube:

 

[highlandsflyer]

£1000?

 

[sjcprojects]

Looks like it. Without provenance (or more than one photo), that’s asking a lot of a buyer in this market.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I was tempted,
but a singe photo,
a single word as description,
and a reserve like its got provenance-
is too much.


Reserve not met, maybe next time?

My size and if I were to move the lightspeed on, I could find space at home