I know the fully sloped crowned De Rosas were available (by virtue of the picture they used in their catalog) through Performance mail order up until around '84/5. If you have any of the old Performance catalogs prior to the beginning of '85, you will see it in there. However, Performance might not have updated their catalog pictures very often, so even though they were taking orders based on the fully sloped crowned De Rosas, they may have been shipping flat crowned De Rosas.
I seem to remember another version of a De Rosa fully sloping crown, that had "De Rosa" panto'd vertically into the shoulder of the crown on each side
Marc Boral Long Beach, CA
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From: LouDeeter@aol.com Date: Monday, June 17, 2002 05:59:38 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Question about Derosa Fork Crown
This Derosa on ebay is Columbus SL with a sloping fork crown. Other than this one, I've never seen a steel Derosa with other than a flat fork crown? Has anyone else? Lou Deeter, Orlando FL _______________________________________________
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