Re: [CR] DeRosa: Sloping Fork Crown

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Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 14:11:34 -0700
From: "Jack Gabus" <jgabus@gmail.com>
To: pbbikes <pbbikes@gmail.com>
Cc: CR <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] DeRosa: Sloping Fork Crown


Barry:

You might want to get a CR conversation going and get us off the Saddle soaking one. I know it is early 70's but I guess it all depends on what you mean by sloping. To me mine is a sloping fork albeit not some 80's Cinelli variant. There is a similar version out there on "43 bikes" that was ridden by Maertens. See link.

http://www.43bikes.com/fortythree/de_rosa-web/Maertens-lrg.jpg

The reason you are having a hard time tracking down a time line on DeRosa's at least the early ones is that they were not shipped in to the U.S. until the early to mid 80's (some please chime in here). Early DeRosa are hard to come by and worse yet there aren't any serial #s on them, at least not mine. This is why nobody has done any chronological order on them. If you go on Wooljersey there is a pretty good gaggle of them.

Cheers,

Jack

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 1:30 PM, pbbikes <pbbikes@gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks jack. This is a funny one. I've been told 74-88
>
> Derosas appear harder than colnagos to date.
>
> My crown is more of a sloping crown than yours. The decals are surely
> very early 80's.
>
> I'm having it repainted due to the neglect of the previous owners by
> allan wanta . He says 88.
>
> Somone needs to compile a database/ registry of sorts like all the
> other marquees
>
> Amyway. Thanks. Jack
>
>
> Barry
>
> On Tuesday, June 2, 2009, Jack Gabus <jgabus@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Barry:
> >
> > Mine is a 74' That is the earliest I have ever seen...But I am sure I am
> wrong. Link below
> >
> > http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Giacomo-Gabus/DeRosa_001/
> >
> > Happy hunting.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> > --
> > Jack Gabus
> > 310 490 3784
> > jgabus@gmail.com
> > Laguna Beach, CA
> > USA
> >
>

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Jack Gabus
310 490 3784
jgabus@gmail.com
Laguna Beach, CA
USA