The corsa extra was one out of 3 offerings in the Merckx track line-up

Some of you might like to call it a fence instead of a bicycle, yes it’s rather large…

I got this frame set from Germany, now there is a very big chance that this is a track frame from Rolf Aldag as not many of these are around, and it should fit him. I have tried to contact him trough Facebook but no confirmation yet that it is his.

The wheel set came with this beauty of a merckx titane track bike  a clean set of ‘sherrif-star’hubs, Mavic pista rims and some Eddy Merckx decals which are a very nice touch.

Flite saddle has been reupholstered by cycle leather Corné now known as kontour.cc

isn’t she a beauty?

• Frame set: Eddy Merckx Telekom Corsa extra pista Columbus SLX tubing and SP forktubes late 1993?
• Frame number : …-D-8338
• Size: 62cc seat tube
• Bottom bracket: Campagnolo record carbon 111mm
• Crank set: Campagnolo C-record 175 mm (technically speaking it is just a record for the production year so…) TA specialités chain ring
• Headset: period correct Campagnolo C-record
• Stem: period correct Cinelli with Eddy Merckx Panto
• Handlebar: period correct Cinelli Criterium 65-42
• Handlebar tape: black bike ribbon
• Seat post: Campagnolo C-record
• Saddle: a lovely restored Sella italia Flite titanium, reupholstered by Cycle leather Corné (kontour.cc)
• Pedals: Second gen c-record pedals (pista/strada see this link for more info)
• Hubs: High flange Campagnolo c-record hubs, better known as Sherrif-star hubs
• rims: Mavic Pista with tied and soldered spokes and Merckx decals
• tubes: Continental sonderklasse the ultimate choice for many professionals back in the day, extremely souple and lightweight (but don’t expect them to hold air for longer than a week)