Re: [CR] Is this DeRosa the real thing? / When is a De Rosa not a De Rosa?

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

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References:
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:14:45 -0800
From: "Kerrigan Bennett" <kerriganbennett@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, classic-rendezvous-lightweight-vintage-bicycles@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [CR] Is this DeRosa the real thing? / When is a De Rosa not a De Rosa?


And, even better info from Angel Garcia: http://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/other-de-rosa.html

Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Kerrigan Bennett < kerriganbennett@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought I had a vague recollection of this "other" De Rosa. See here:
>
> http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10408.1432.eml
>
> Not the same De Rosa, but maybe of interest anyway.
>
> The archives are a gift that keeps on giving.
>
> Kerrigan Bennett
> Pleasant Hill, CA USA
>
>
> Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.11102.1304.eml
> From: Kristopher Hicks-Green <kristopher(AT)hicks-green.biz>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:45:04 -0600
> Subject: [CR] Is this DeRosa the real thing? http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=%22Is+this+DeRosa+the+real+thing%3F%22&SearchPrefix=%40msgsubject&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D
>
> One of my few disappointments in having recently moved from the
> Seattle area to Austin, Texas, is that the bicycle section in the
> local version of Craigslist is, by and large, useless. Gaspipe horrors
> are listed as "vintage" and are believed to be worth $350.00, and are
> listed over and over and over again. As a result, I take more interest
> in marginal candidates than I would have in my previous setting.
>
> Take this DeRosa frameset from the mid 80s. Please. Ugly is in the eye
> of the beholder, of course, but several things about the frame seem to
> me to be off.
>
> Did Ugo ever use these decals, or the engraving that's seen on the
> brake bridge and seatstay eyes?
>
> http://austin.craigslist.org/bik/2227445282.html
>
> -- =
>
> Kristopher Hicks-Green
> Hicks-Green Consulting
> Austin, TX =A078704 =A0USA
>
> kristopher(AT)hicks-green.biz
> (360) 481.4592
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