clearly, kessels is the hands-down winner. they were imported into the states in the 70s and they were indistinguishable from derosas from 5-10 feet away. does anyone know how to date a kessels? does anyone own a kessel vessel? e-RICHIE chester, ct
This has been discussed many, many times before. In the archives you'll find a post that mentions a list of bike ridden obtained directly from Eddy by Brett Horton, and it is as follows:
1965 - Superia (stock bike) 1966 - Peugeot (stock bike) 1967 - Peugeot (stock bike) and Masi 1968 - Masi 1969 - Marcel Van der Este (Belgian builder) 1970 - Pella (or Pello) Torino, Italy 1971 - Colnago and Kessels 1972 - Colnago and Kessels 1973 - Colnago and Kessels 1974 - DeRosa and Kessels 1975 - DeRosa and Kessels 1976 - DeRosa and Kessels 1977 - DeRosa