Re: [CR]E-Bay sightings...(DeRosa)

(Example: Production Builders:Frejus)

Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:23:04 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]E-Bay sightings...(DeRosa)
References: <256D3BBC391CD311896600805F9F4C020C0EBBAE@mlnt1s.imf.org>


"Bingham, Wayne" wrote:
>
> >>>>I'm looking over a De Rosa on ebay that is described to be mid 70's
> but the componentry doesn't look quite period correct.....Does anybody have
> some thoughts to share about the frame and its
> circa as well as the mix of Campy?......Mike Wilkinson
> Parker, CO<<<<<
>
> Mike -
>
> I suspect that the DeRosa in question is probably late '70s at the earliest,
> but more likely of '80s (maybe even late '80s) vintage. There are
> definitely mixed-era components. Hubs are C-Record, and the seat post and
> front derailleur look like they might be C-Rec as well. The crankset is
> Super Record, as the brakeset appears to be (although the calipers are hard
> to see). What I'm most curious about is the rear derailleur. While it's
> pretty hard to tell from the picture, the RD looks like it might be first
> generation Super Record, which would date it somewhere about '73-'75.
>
> Yes indeed, a curious mix.
>
> Wayne Bingham
> Falls Church, VA

Wayne and Mike,

Alberto Masi states that he intro'd both the Masi Prestige and Volumetrica (3V) in 1982.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, Southern California
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, Campagnolo Timeline, and T-shirts)