Oops! I forgot to add to my earlier reply; They (DeRosa's), aint what they used to be. And now, the paint realy is bad, at least on the ones I've seen. But it is still a cool logo, Richard Rose (Toledo, Ohio)
> I hadn't really thought about it until somebody posted a WTB last week,
but
> I've heard next to nothing about Ugo DeRosa and his bikes on this list.
> We've beat Masi and Colnago to death in the past, but I can't remember
much
> about DeRosa. I love his bike and would love to know more about them and
> him.
>
> In the past I saw and rode a few of the Ugo blue bikes, though the quality
> of the paint was awful they were some of the best rides I've ever threw a
> leg over. I remember seeing one of his anniversary bikes at Elliot Bay
> Bikes in Seattle and to this day it haunts me as one of the most beautiful
> and subtile bikes ever. I've looked for them in the past and when I found
> them they were top top dollar. I looked at the CR page and there was
> little info there, and the link somebody posted the other day is gone and
> the web page is only in Italian. So shall we proceed to get into the
> details of the DeRosa past as deeply as we have for other builders? The
> only information I can add, and it's only a rumor, is that until his
> retirement no frame left the shop without seeing his attentions.
>
> On a similar note, anybody out there who collected the whole Masi saga
> could you please send me a copy since I didn't save them all, and I need
to
> sent the saga to my friend Jeff Lyon.
>
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
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> everything would get done.
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