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Pages: 1 David new member Reged: 01/24/04 Posts: 8 Loc: Baytown, Texas How to Tell if Merckx Frame is a MX Leader #779 - 01/24/04 10:16 PM (24.162.61.226) Edit Reply Quote Thier is a Merckx frame on EBAY for sale but all it says is this is a Eddy Merckx Columbas Max Frame. Know where on the frame does it say MX Leader and I cannot tell if this frame is a MX Leader. The tubing is hsaped like the MX Leader. I am not sure if this is a very early production model. Do all MX Leader frame say MX Leader? Can some one please help? Thanks David Edited by David (01/25/04 12:12 AM) Post Extras: BubbaTex journeyman Reged: 12/20/03 Posts: 56 Loc: Austin, Texas Re: How to Tell if Merckx Frame is a MX Leader [Re: David] #784 - 01/25/04 03:34 AM (65.65.99.155) Edit Reply Quote Though I do not know for certain about MX Leader labling, but I do know that he built bikes with Columbus Max tubing that were not labled MX Leader. For some reason, I think the MX Leader name came later on. -------------------- "It is more important to do less more often than to do more less often" Ed Burke, PhD Post Extras: marron new member Reged: 01/07/04 Posts: 14 Re: How to Tell if Merckx Frame is a MX Leader [Re: BubbaTex] #810 - 01/26/04 04:45 PM (208.33.250.102) Edit Reply Quote I've heard that early versions using the standard MX tubeset were prone to breakage; something about the stresses and the thin wall tubing. The Merckx Leader tubeset actually uses a smaller diameter top tube with a different orientation to give more compliance. Post Extras: Pages: 1

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