Re: De Rosa built frames, was [CR]NOT STRANGE goings on in EBAY dept

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From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>, "Morgan Fletcher" <morgan@hahaha.org>
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Subject: Re: De Rosa built frames, was [CR]NOT STRANGE goings on in EBAY dept
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 14:01:50 -0700


Sounds great just enjoy the ride.
Steven Willis
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-3330
http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Morgan Fletcher
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: De Rosa built frames, was [CR]NOT STRANGE goings on in EBAY


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> "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net> writes:
> > Just for the record I know that DeRosa built some frame with out the
> > diamond chain stays for teams in Europe and were not meant to be
> > imported.
>
> I recently told the story(1) of acquiring Gregor Braun's old team
> Moser. It's a 1981 bike built just two years after Francesco Moser launched
> his bicycle company, while Moser was still racing. I'd wondered who
> actually built the Moser, for Braun.
>
> Two Sundays ago I did the Silicon Valley ride(2), and brought the Moser. I
> should mention that I don't know much about road bikes from before around
> 1985, since that's when I started riding and racing them. Peter Johnson
> took a quick scan of the Moser in the parking lot, felt the diamond shaped
> stays and suggested it may have been built at De Rosa.
>
> BTW, it rides rather nicely. It needs a longer stem for me to fit it
> properly, and a proper drivetrain tune. (I rode it nearly as received.) I'm
> looking forward to riding it with nice wheels.
>
> Anyway,
>
> Morgan Fletcher
> Oakland, CA
>
> (1)
> http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10407.0317. eml
> (2)
> http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10407.0967. eml