Shimano Dura Ace 8 speed with old school hoods and brakes, rare Shimano aero seat post and the a freewheel tick that would embarrass any Campagnolo of its era. This bike is put together as homage to the American invasion of Euro cycling before the Armstrong era.Motorola grew out of the 7-11 team, pioneers in Europe for whom Andy Hampsten won the Giro in 1988.
Knocked together quickly to take advantage of the frame (dodgy vintage shifters, wheels ok but laced badly), it is not very consistent or authentic, but is built with Sean Yates in mind - he spurned the new STI levers in favour of downtube shifters.
Stem, seat, brakes, frame, grouppo, blue cables, even bottle cages are right. So's the computer, picked from Glen's amazing spare parts cupboard of that era. The bikes were only labeled Merckx for a short period, after which their bike sponsor was Caloi - the team just repainted the Merckx frames with the new name.
A genuine Lance Armstrong Caloi Merckx in these team colours was once on eBay - allegedly raced in Paris-Nice in 1995. Oh how I wish...
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I own the Lance Caloi Moto bike sold on ebay a few years back. I also own another perhaps even more interesting Lance Caloi Moto TT bike sold by the Motorola team warehouse in Wisconsin when the team folded back in the 90's. Let me know if you'd like some pictures of either bike.
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