I also think this DeRosa is not of early 1970s, circa 1973 but of
mid or late 1970s. For I had an old Italian friend who rode a
small but beautiful DeRosa which was made about 10 years before
1983. He told me that when he was a child he was much faster than
Ugo. And he told me the frame was filed by Mr.Nagasawa. I don't
remember whether it had the heart engraved on the crown but do
remember it had no engraving on the seatstay caps. I think the
press lugs were filed a bit more beautifully than those on eBay
but were equally made small.
Takao Noda
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
> The seller posted some more pictures. I now feel more
confident of the
> vintage he claims. I find it interesting how that seatstay cap
and the
> diamante chainstays were incorporated that early on.
>
> Marc Boral
>
> Richard M Sachs wrote:
>
> > this derosa is of the period. dubois lugs. flat capped
> > seatstays. top of shell cable guides. pre-cpsc parts.
> > it passes the smell test, as far as i'm concerned.
> > e-RICHIE
> > http://www.richardsachs.com
> >
> > On Thu, 31 May 2001 09:08:57 -0700 Marc Boral
<mbikealive@earthlink.net>
> > writes:
> > > Jeeeez, it always ceases to amaze me what parts people
forget to take
> > > pictures of. I would have liked to see the fork crown, bb
> > > shell, dropouts, chainstays, and other frame details. A
few things
> > > bother me about the accuracy of the claimed vintage: I
> > > believe the stem to be of a later vintage, and that seat
stay cap
> > > doesn't seem like one from '73. Anybody have a +/- '73 De
Rosa
> > > to corroborate these details?
> > >
> > > In his description he comments, "Also notice the unusual
> > > heart-shaped design of the derailleur." That's pretty
funny. He's
> > > either very naive (nothing wrong with that), or
deliberately trying
> > > to act naive, so as to avoid responsibility.
> > >
> > > Marc Boral
> > >
> > >
> > > LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > #1149026676
> > > >
> > > > Appears to be about 59-60cm to me. Nice pantographed
chainring,
> > > stem & seatpost. Too big for me.
> > > >
> > > > Lou Deeter, Orlando "moving into the new home
today--hoping the 25
> > > bike boxes (with 10 bikes and wheels) survived the move!!!"
> > > >
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