With arguably the largest identify in skilled biking of all time, Eddy Merckx was not going to be completely happy to stroll away from bike racing when he retired from racing in 1978. As many different riders did, Eddy went into producing bikes. As a rider, Merckx was well-known to be fanatical in regards to the bikes he rode by way of his profession, famously obsessed along with his place, he had a eager eye for the tiniest element when it got here to bikes.
De Rosa High quality
When he arrange his enterprise, Eddy travelled to De Rosa in Italy to coach with them, and learn the way they produced excessive finish bikes. Eddy had ridden De Rosa bikes by way of his profession. Ugo De Rosa, the proprietor of De Rosa, then travelled as much as Belgium to satisfy Merckx’s first workers. De Rosa have been a big affect on Eddy’s enterprise because it started. By means of the 1980’s and 90’s Eddy Merckx offered the bikes for among the most iconic biking groups of the period, together with 7-Eleven and Motorola.
Supplies Matter
In the course of the 1980’s and 90’s, Merckx bikes used Italian Columbus body tubing, together with Columbus Max, MXL, SLX and TSX. Merckx moved briefly into titanium tubing earlier than carbon fibre grew to become mainstream and extra accessible. Earlier than carbon fibre framesets have been produced within the far-east, they have been produced in Italy. A few of the contents of a Merckx manufacturing unit & warehouse have been bought by way of Merlin in 2016.
Trip with Ridley
In 2017, Race Productions NV, the corporate homeowners of fellow Belgian model, Ridley, acquired the Eddy Merckx model to make sure it’s survival after a number of years of not being worthwhile. With Ridley and Eddy Merckx working in unison, the 2 greatest names in Belgian biking needs to be assured future success.
