On Dec 27, 2008, at 4:07 PM, Dale Brown wrote:
> In close scrutiny, there are differences, the most significant is that
> of the joinery at the dropouts... DeRosa almost always had the extra
> refined "points" filed in the dropouts where they meet the stays.
> Later, Eddie also embraced the Columbus pre-crimped stay ends rather
> than do any filing at all at those junctures. Those and other nuances
> make me think that, in balance, DeRosa was always slightly more
> refined...
>
> That is just one man's opinion however....? :)
>
Mine as well. It's the difference between a frame made by a rider-a tool to win races-and a master frame builder for whom the frame is an end unto itself. Phil Brown Cold today in Berkeley, Calif.