merckx was belgian. merckx frames are made in italy
"The lineage of the Merckx bicycles comes directly from Italy. Started in 1981, Eddy Merckx used his friend ‘De Rosa’ from the great Italian frame building company De Rosa to consult with him technically and set the standards to produce some of the finest hand crafted frames in the world"
speaking of dunks, copped a pair of these at a local thrift store for 10 bucks, brand new. not too hyped on the colors, but there gonna be skated in anyways
bro, use alcohol to put on slip on grips, heat that shit for like 5 minutes with a blow dryer, or leave out in the sun for like 15 minutes and your cool.