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Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra

By Danihjel on 07/12/2011. Bike tags: Road bike | eddy merckx | shimano 600 | slx
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Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra / 56 / Late 80's

3ttt / 3ttt

Shimano Dura Ace Headset

Araya / Shimano 600

Araya Shimano 600

Shimano 600 EX

Selle Italia Turbo / Shimano 600 Aero

Ultegra SPD // Shimano 600 stock pedals

Shimano 600

Shimano 600

Bought the frame cheap, with a lot of corrosion under the box. Cleaned it down and covered with some anti-corrosion paint. Not too pretty, but efficient and in a not very visible spot. Frame is light and responsive. Shifters working as friction shifters - the index system was broken. Thinking of switching to a newer ultegra group with bar shifters and more gears, maybe some carbon wheels with a fairly low profile.

People who friended this bike Splined, incredibleting, campystamp, Zephyrus, kaido_k, the fumingator, majortaylorfan, matteozolt, per.k
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My Two Cents

Submitted by campystamp on 07/12/2011.

imho, restore this beauty and get an affordable mod bike.

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I might be able to do both.

Submitted by Danihjel on 07/13/2011.

I might be able to do both. I don't think fitting it with an early Ultegra group and an 8 spped Shamal wheelset would be completely off. The handlebar, which is original, has drilling for internal cables.

I don't have the luxury of adding another bike to my collection. For now, i only have room (economically) for one racing bike, so i might even sell this one and get a sweet titanium bike i have my eyes on.

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I Agree,

Submitted by campystamp on 07/13/2011.

early Ultegra group and Shamals would look really nice on this bike. Wait a minute, isn't Shimano 600 the same as early Ultegra. You must mean early Dura Ace.

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Well, there was the 600

Submitted by Danihjel on 07/14/2011.

Well, there was the 600 Ultegra group, which bridged the gap from 600 to Ultegra. But other than that, the first Ultegra (6500) groupset came in the late 90's. I think that's fair to name a more than 10 year old group and "older ultegra groupset"

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Early Dura Ace is crap ...

Submitted by plateau77 on 07/14/2011.

Early Dura Ace is crap ... go for some newer group!

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Well maybe

Submitted by campystamp on 07/15/2011.

fuck Dura Ace altogether. Wears out too fast because it was made mainly for pro use.

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Hey man

Submitted by per.k on 02/28/2013.

You can't mess wit the 7600's though! :P

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Take Back

Submitted by campystamp on 03/01/2013.

Take back what I said about Dura Ace. It's nice to have for sure. Does it wear out fast? Yes. Is it expensive? Don't need to answer that one. I have some Dura Ace bits and they are nice to have. Track hubs? I do have a pair of those, but I was referring to the newer Dura Ace road cranksets when I made the earlier comment.

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Fair

Submitted by per.k on 05/15/2013.

enough!

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