It’s been fairly just a few years, however Eddy Merckx Bikes are again, rebooted with 4 new highway, all-road & gravel bikes. With reasonably priced costs, on-line customization, and even all-road & gravel choices in metal, aluminum & carbon, these are probably the most accessible Merckx bikes but.
Plus, to have fun 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 Nineteen Eighties Merckx Panasonic crew bike.
2024 Eddy Merckx Bikes reboot for Highway, All-Highway & 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 retaining 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 stability 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 virtually precisely the identical 525 geometry. Minus a tweak right here & there. Nevertheless it 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 possibly can want, and clearance for as much as 42mm huge 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 Rooted within the outdated model of the Strasbourg, Merckx calls this new Pévèle their in-between bike.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 use their on-line customization instrument to construct it extra as highway or gravel, relying on the way you need to experience.
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. Huge tire clearance as much as 700 x 53mm. The Strasbourg borders on mountain bike territory. And you’ll 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 experience 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 crew that rode Eddy Merckx bikes within the Nineteen Eighties“, the retro blue paintjob can be obtainable on all the 4 new carbon bikes. The restricted version Eddy Merckx Retrosonic end can be obtainable beginning February twenty fourth to coincide with the beginning of the spring’s cobblestone classics, at no extra cost.
Throughout the first sketches, it already turned clear {that a} ‘truthful interpretation’ would work very nicely. In fact, some tweaking was mandatory, as a result of the body of our carbon bikes is solely completely 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 may be additionally nonetheless the carry-over {custom} Merckx Corsa for highway or gravel in titanium, metal or aluminum, made completely in Belgium. They do ready-made geo or full {custom}, you simply should get in contact to determine what you want.
As well as, Eddy Merckx Bikes says they may introduce 3 all-new bikes this coming 12 months. “There can be sporty e-bikes and an addition within the efficiency section. The cooperation with the UCI ProTour Staff Flanders – Baloise can even be additional anchored.” We’ll maintain our eyes open to see what all that may 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 way more reasonably priced 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 appropriately.
Each the Pévèle & Strasbourg are additionally supplied in aluminum & metal framesets. That unquestionably helps decrease the entire bike value 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 may modify shade and even semi-custom paint jobs to your liking, plus dial in match with choices like part sizing and cockpit model.
As a bonus this 12 months of relaunching, Eddy Merckx Bikes gives the {custom} paint schemes at no extra value in 2024. So there’s no motive 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. Subsequently count on a little bit of time from bike order to pick-up.
