In a message dated 2/23/2005 10:38:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, jimmycue@att.net writes:
<< Does anybody on the list know how to tell a derosa built merckx from the others? >>
It will be interesting to hear from others about this. I sold those bikes in my shop from Falcon-made-Merckx, Kessels-made-Merckx and Merckx-made-Merckx, I do not think there ever were DeRosa-made-Merckx for sale to the public. They were only team bikes that Eddy used to race himself. When he began producing bikes in his own workshop/home in Belgium, they were made by his staff, who had been assisted in setting up that workshop by Ugo, but not made by Ugo. They used DeRosa designed lugs and fork crowns, even diamond shaped chain stays in some cases, but were not made by DeRosa.
Dale
Dale Brown
Greensboro, NC