Re: [CR]Dating a De Rosa

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Dating a De Rosa
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:34:40 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Kevin Macafee wrote:
> First, I apologize for apparently breaking a CR rule. I thought
> the bike was from the 70's and within the CR timeline. I received
> a lot of emails off list advising me the bike was from the mid
> 80's, probably 1984 and later so outside the list timeline. Almost
> everyone advised I could not list the bike on the list. I put it
> on Ebay.
>
> I have been threatened with expulsion from the list for this
> infraction. I would like to continue being part of this community
> but it is Dale's list and he sets the rules. But given the number
> of personal attacks by one member on another and the overall bad
> behavior I have witnessed here the past few years, the punishment
> feels a little excessive given my alleged crime.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kevin MacAfee
> St Paul

Kevin, as Steven Maasland already stated, any lugged steel frame is okay on the CR list because it falls under Keeper of the Flame status. You might contact Dale Brown directly for clarification as was pointed out yesterday he doesn't read the list.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)