It’s been fairly just a few years, however Eddy Merckx Bikes are again, rebooted with 4 new highway, all-road & gravel bikes. With inexpensive costs, on-line customization, and even all-road & gravel choices in metal, aluminum & carbon, these are essentially the most accessible Merckx bikes but.
Plus, to have a good time the reboot, all the new carbon bikes can be found in a brand new restricted Eddy Merckx Retrosonic version with styling impressed by a basic Eighties Merckx Panasonic staff bike.
2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes reboot for Street, All-Street & Gravel
The newly up to date 2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes vary is a mixture of newly refined bikes and a few carry over fashions that we’ve seen evolves over time.
Eddy Merckx 525 highway race
Merckx carries over the identical carbon 525 highway race bike. One we’ve been conserving tabs on because it re-entered the race scene 4 and a half years in the past. It was a strong aero all-rounder then, with its comfort-kinked seatstays. And nonetheless guarantees a steadiness of race-ready geometry and supreme stiffness from the ultra-hi-mod carbon body.
Eddy Merckx Mendrisio endurance highway
A considerably new highway addition is the Merckx Mendrisio. In fact, a strikingly related bike to the 5252, centered extra on longer endurance highway rides. The Mendrisio has nearly precisely the identical 525 geometry. Minus a tweak right here & there. But it surely opts for a extra compliant hi-mod carbon layup, a shallower seattube and spherical seatpost, and the choice for 1-piece or standard cockpits.
Eddy Merckx Mendrisio Pévèle all-road & gravel
One other new one is the Merckx Pévèle all-road to gravel bike. The all-road options related styling to the endurance highway Mendrisio. Merckx constructed the Pévèle to be light-weight, however a bit harder and with extra secure geometry. Plus all of the mounting factors you might want, and clearance for as much as 42mm broad tires. Rooted within the outdated model of the Strasbourg, Merckx calls this new Pévèle their in-between bike. It’s a motorcycle then, the place you should utilize their on-line customization device to construct it extra as highway or gravel, relying on the way you need to trip.
Eddy Merckx Strasbourg journey gravel & bikepacking
Lastly, the long-running Strasbourg gravel bike will get a floor up overhaul to make it a contemporary gravel machine. Large tire clearance as much as 700 x 53mm. The Strasbourg borders on mountain bike territory. And you may even set it up with a gravel suspension fork. Its geometry is once more extra relaxed than the highway race bikes with a decrease middle of gravity. However the Strasbourg retains a comparatively steep head angle and low body Stack for a fast dealing with trip high quality. A 1x particular gravel bike, it additionally will get all the adventure-ready bikepacking mounts & for fenders, too.
Restricted Eddy Merckx Retrosonic version carbon highway & gravel bikes
In honor of the model’s relaunch, Merckx have a brand new restricted version paint scheme dubbed Retrosonic. Developed as a “tribute to the legendary Panasonic biking staff that rode Eddy Merckx bikes within the Eighties“, the retro blue paintjob will probably be obtainable on all the 4 new carbon bikes. The restricted version Eddy Merckx Retrosonic end will probably be obtainable beginning February twenty fourth to coincide with the beginning of the spring’s cobblestone classics, at no further cost.
Throughout the first sketches, it already grew to become clear {that a} ‘truthful interpretation’ would work very properly. After all, some tweaking was essential, as a result of the body of our carbon bikes is just totally different from the metal from the unique Corsa highway bike.
– Luc Doucé, Eddy Merckx Bikes designer/
What else is coming?
Past the present vary of the 4 bikes above, there’s additionally nonetheless the carry-over {custom} Merckx Corsa for highway or gravel in titanium, metal or aluminum, made fully in Belgium. They do ready-made geo or full {custom}, you simply must get in contact to determine what you want.
As well as, Eddy Merckx Bikes says they are going to introduce 3 all-new bikes this coming yr. “There will probably be sporty e-bikes and an addition within the efficiency phase. The cooperation with the UCI ProTour Staff Flanders – Baloise can even be additional anchored.” We’ll hold our eyes open to see what all that can entail.
Eddy Merckx Bikes – Pricing, availability & choices
All the revamped Eddy Merckx Bikes can be found as separate framesets or customizable full bikes. The highest-tier 525 highway frameset sells for 3500€, with full custom-made Shimano 105 Di2 builds from 5000€. The Mendrisio body is rather more inexpensive at 2000€, with mechanical 105 builds from 2700€.
The all-road Pévèle brings it again as much as 3000€ for a carbon frameset, and 105 mechanical completes from 3300€. Whereas the carbon gravel Strasbourg begins at 2500€ for a frameset, and Rival 1×11 mechanical builds from simply 3000€, if the Merckx web site numbers add up accurately.
Each the Pévèle & Strasbourg are additionally supplied in aluminum & metal framesets. That unquestionably helps decrease the entire bike price of entry as little as 1800€ with SRAM Apex 1×11.
All the Merckx bikes are supposed to be custom-made & ordered on-line, then delivered to your native bike store for pick-up. Meaning you’ll be able to regulate shade and even semi-custom paint jobs to your liking, plus dial in match with choices like part sizing and cockpit type.
As a bonus this yr of relaunching, Eddy Merckx Bikes presents the {custom} paint schemes at no further price in 2024. So there’s no purpose to not get a one-of-a-kind Merckx bike. Then, built-to-order in Belgium by the Belgian Biking Manufacturing facility subsequent to Ridleys. Due to this fact anticipate a little bit of time from bike order to pick-up.
