In a message dated 3/4/03 1:16:58 PM, The Great and Powerful Lou Deeter
writes:
> I suppose I always thought that the Merckx design was more influenced
>by Ugo Derosa than by Masi, but then, maybe Derosa was influenced by Masi.
>
According to Faliero, that would be a big "yes he was"... In an interview in an old "Winning" magazine (sept 84 I think), Faliero tells the interviewer, "DeRosa copied my special fork head" ... "I called him on the phone and told him he was a !!*#%!"
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA