I also believe this. Back when steel and aluminum were the primary components used in racing cars, it was nothing for an prominent team to work all night to build up a new chassis or make major structural modifications to a chassis &/or body. All this occurred during the heat of qualifications &/or right before the start of a major race. Given this, I have no problem believing that Ugo and one or more assistants couldn't build a frame or two over night for Eddy. Ugo could be building the main triangle while an assistant built up the rear stays w/rear dropouts. Or the rear stays/rear dropouts could have been pre-fabricated days/weeks/months before. A few coats of enamel with heat lamps would dry good enough in a 1-2 hours to be used immediately by Eddy.
Dave Patrick Chelsea, Michigan USA
Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> wrote: I believe it.
Chuck Schmidt -- South Pasadena, California (USA) retro.com> (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)
On Dec 25, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Fred Rafael Rednor wrote:
> De Rosa and most of the well known Italian builders were
> tremendous self-promoters. For that matter, so was Merckx, one
> he entered the frame building business. So I doubt that one
> can take all their assertions too seriously. DeRosa might have
> built several frames for Merckx to use in the Giro - but I
> refuse to believe he built them overnight for use the next day.
>
> Consider this: he would have to construct the frame, paint it,
> face the appropriate surfaces, mount the parts, adjust
> everything and then put in a little testing to ensure there
> were no unforseen problems. Then there's the matter of the
> transportation... If you were trying to win one of the world's
> most important bike races (and the most important one in
> Italy), would you risk using a a bike put together in that sort
> of situation?
> Regards,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>
> --- Jonathanadamgree@aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Jerry,
>>
>> I know nothing of how Derosa might have painted, but many of
>> todays best
>> painters heat the frame in one manner or another to force
>> dry. Primer and one
>> color could happen pretty quick if it were only for a race
>> bike. If the story
>> is true I'm guessing UGO didn't care if the frame had a
>> Baylis like paint job
>> or not.
>>
>> Jonathan Greene
>> Oviedo FL
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 12/25/2006 11:53:50 A.M. Eastern Standard
>> Time,
>> jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> Can DeRosa's account really be true? Even assuming one
>> could build a bike
>> to a rider's specification in one night, one then has to
>> paint it in the team
>> colors. That couldn't leave more than a couple of hours for
>> the paint to
>> dry. I've never painted bikes, but I'd think it would take
>> at least a day for
>> a paint job to dry properly.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jerry Moos
>> Big Spring, TX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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