opinion on Windsor bikes

Richard Slay said:

Yep, a newbie here. I just saw the Windsor bikes listed on eBay. Never seen or heard of them before
but they do look nice. Any opinions on these bikes? I'm looking at the Fen.

They're Mexican-made copies of Italian racing bikes... a few individual bikes are fine, but most
show sloppy manufacturing.

Richard Slay said:

Yep, a newbie here. I just saw the Windsor bikes listed on eBay. Never seen or heard of them
before but they do look nice. Any opinions on these bikes? I'm looking at the Fen.

Ah, the Windsor of Eddy Merckx fame. (Eddy set the world hour record on a Colnago[?] with Windsor
decals affixed.)

Windsors were made in Mexico in the 70s as I recall. Nothing outstanding about them. Could this
possibly be another eBay reincarnation (ala Motobecane), where the rights to a defunct name are
bought and bikes built in China? The name Fen doesn't ring a bell.

Art Harris

I said:

Ah, the Windsor of Eddy Merckx fame. (Eddy set the world hour record on a Colnago[?] with Windsor
decals affixed.)

Windsors were made in Mexico in the 70s as I recall. Nothing outstanding about them. Could this
possibly be another eBay reincarnation (ala Motobecane), where the rights to a defunct name are
bought and bikes built in China? The name Fen doesn't ring a bell.

I was right. Checked out the eBay auctions on the "Windsor" and found the following for these
aluminum bikes:

"Thanks for your interest {please e-mail us for a free picture of Eddie [sic] Merckx setting
cycling's most impressive record - 49.431 km in one hour - a record that has stood for over 30 years
on guess what bike}"

See: torelli.comeddyhour.htmlOpen ↗

for the true story of Eddy's hour record.

"At the last moment Windsor stickers were slapped on Eddy's otherwise unlabeled bike. A distracted
Merckx saw this as an acceptable way to thank his Mexican hosts (Windsor is a Mexican bike), but
Colnago was infuriated."

Art Harris