I cannot claim any real knowledge on the subject (DeRosa), but, I think that mine is a simply beautiful bike (frame), and it does ride wonderfully. The paint is actually pretty good & I have always thought that the DeRosa logo, with the heart used as the center of the "O" was just too cool! The lugs on my frame are immaculate, short point numbers that (pardon me Richard), bear a striking resemblance to the ones on some Richard Sachs bikes. I would also like to learn more about these bikes, and have always been intrigued by the little old man in the shed behind the house on the outskirts of Milan working his magic. O.K., maybe that's not the real story, but it's the one I like! Richard (hopelessly Romantic) Rose Toledo, Ohio
> I hadn't really thought about it until somebody posted a WTB last week,
but
> I've heard next to nothing about Ugo DeRosa and his bikes on this list.
> We've beat Masi and Colnago to death in the past, but I can't remember
much
> about DeRosa. I love his bike and would love to know more about them and
> him.
>
> In the past I saw and rode a few of the Ugo blue bikes, though the quality
> of the paint was awful they were some of the best rides I've ever threw a
> leg over. I remember seeing one of his anniversary bikes at Elliot Bay
> Bikes in Seattle and to this day it haunts me as one of the most beautiful
> and subtile bikes ever. I've looked for them in the past and when I found
> them they were top top dollar. I looked at the CR page and there was
> little info there, and the link somebody posted the other day is gone and
> the web page is only in Italian. So shall we proceed to get into the
> details of the DeRosa past as deeply as we have for other builders? The
> only information I can add, and it's only a rumor, is that until his
> retirement no frame left the shop without seeing his attentions.
>
> On a similar note, anybody out there who collected the whole Masi saga
> could you please send me a copy since I didn't save them all, and I need
to
> sent the saga to my friend Jeff Lyon.
>
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Nobody can do everything,
> but if everybody did something
> everything would get done.
> -Gil Scott Heron-
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!