Who is Eddy Merckx?
Who is Eddy Merckx?
Some say the greatest cyclist ever? We agree.
In the 1970's I watched Eddy Merckxride the Tour De France on World Of Sport and got the cycling bug!
Check out this YouTube clip for an idea of what the great man was all about.
Now the Eddy Merckx brand of frames and bikes can be seen in the pro peloton.
All the frames have a large amount of input from Eddy so you can be sure that they will ride as well as you would expect!
Édouard Louis Joseph (Eddy), the Baron Merckx (Meensel-Kiezegem, 17 June1945) was a professional cyclist from 1961 to 1978. Cycling fans consider him to be the most successful cyclist in history, with 525 competitions to his name. In 2000, the French magazine Vélo called him the ‘greatest cyclist ever’ and many sports journalist refer to him as the cycling god. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia five time each, has won all of the top events except for the Paris-Tours, has won the Vuelta a España, has won the world championship as both a professional and as an amateur, and has broken the world hour record.
As a child, Eddy Merckx really admired Stan Ockers. When Ockers died in an accident in 1956, Eddy was deeply shocked and saddened, along with many of his countrymen.
Top end 2011 Merckx carbon dream machine
Take a look at the Merckx web-site for the full story on the great man and his 2011 range of bikes!