here we go again...
so. you're saying it's a collaborative effort?
e-RICHIE
Richard Sachs Cycles
No.9, North Main Street
Chester, CT 06412 USA
http://www.richardsachs.com
Tel. 860.526.2059
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On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:50:57 -0500 The Maaslands
<TheMaaslands@comcast.net> writes:
> Richard wrote:
>
> > < If you want an Italian master built bike built by the guy...>
> >
> > define 'built'.
> > wrote the work order?
> > cut the tubes?
> > fixtured it?
> > brazed it?
> > filed it a little?
> > aligned it?
> > etcetera.
>
> At De Rosa, for those going to their frame building shop, the
> procedure is
> generally as follows:
>
> Cristiano De Rosa measures customers up and writes almost all work
> orders.
> The tubes are cut by digitally controlled mitering machines. The
> input of
> the data is generally done by one of the assistants.
> The mitered tubes are then put in a jig and fixtured by the
> assistants.
> The brazing is done by one of 6 people (3 of whom are De Rosa
> family
> members)
> What little filing is done, is generally done by the person building
> the
> particular frame, including the De Rosa family members.
> The frame is aligned by the person building the frame.
>
> Lastly, the final quality control is definitely handled by one of
> the De
> Rosa family. Your chances of getting a De Rosa built frame are
> therefore
> about 50% or more. If you buy a titanium frame from the 90's, you
> were about
> 99% sure of getting an Ugo-built frame as he was then the only one
> building
> them.
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
>
>
>
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