# Merckx Arcobaleno
**URL:** https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [April 19, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911 "2016-04-19T17:35:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Seb](https://fixed.org.au/u/Seb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/1 "2016-04-19T17:35:07Z")
I’ve got a possible opportunity to buy a Merckx Arcobaleno frameset. I’ve never heard about this particular model before, did a bit of research and found a bit of info, but not much. Tubes are Columbus Neuron, again something I’m not familiar with.
If anyone has got some info/comments they’d like to share on the model/tubing etc it would be great. Cheers.
I think the frame looks awesome. Here it is:
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### Author:  [@Bigadz](https://fixed.org.au/u/Bigadz)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/2 "2016-04-19T17:36:02Z")
That’s some fat tubing!
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### Author:  [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/3 "2016-04-19T17:57:17Z")
That old magazine article where the dude compares the different Columbus tubes thought Neuron was the stiffest:
[http://www.habcycles.com/m7.html](http://www.habcycles.com/m7.html)
He did go on to say it was pretty marginal, and probably more related to the builder than the type of tubes.
I say buy it.
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### Author:  [@WestToastPete](https://fixed.org.au/u/WestToastPete)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/4 "2016-04-19T18:01:06Z")
If it’s stiffest, and those tubes are as fat as they look, I’d say this frame will be stiff as. I think there are nicer frames for retro builds Seb.
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### Author:  [@P\_N20](https://fixed.org.au/u/P_N20)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/5 "2016-04-19T18:03:54Z")
^ It won’t have a hideously awesome paint job though 😃
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### Author:  [@dfunkt](https://fixed.org.au/u/dfunkt)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/6 "2016-04-19T18:04:29Z")
> [@WestToastPete](#):
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> I think there are nicer frames for retro builds Seb.
> [@Seb](#):
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> I think the frame looks awesome.
Looks are everything WTP.
If it were about ‘niceness’, we’d all be riding Look KG 191’s and Cinelli Lasers. Wait, they look awesome too…
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### Author:  [@Seb](https://fixed.org.au/u/Seb)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/7 "2016-04-19T20:59:02Z")
Thanks Pinzo, that’s some really good info. Pete, good point about the stiffness. Given I ride a carbon bike that’s about 10-15 years more recent than this Merckx I reckon I’d deal with the stiffness OK. Also it’s a racing bike, so stiff is good.
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### Author:  [@whatever\_really](https://fixed.org.au/u/whatever_really)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/8 "2016-04-20T02:57:02Z")
If it’s the right size and price you can’t go wrong but as far as racing, 1" threaded bike id much prefer modern stuff for going fast around corners
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### Author:  [@Seb](https://fixed.org.au/u/Seb)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/merckx-arcobaleno/68911/9 "2016-04-20T18:31:39Z")
Dude doesn’t want to sell it after all, faaaark
Thanks for the tips and ideas though.