Yes, unless I'm missing something, it's a de Rosa ordinaire--now at $5100, though, thanks to the confusing claim that it is the "same bike" (same TYPE of bike, sort of, maybe?) used by Merckx and the original, fraudulent picture. I complained about this one to eBay, and I'm frankly surprised it's still up. The charitable interpretation is that it's a new seller, who doesn't seem to know how to present one's item correctly. The less charitable interpretation goes way downhill from there...
Steve Maas (who got in a long ride today, ahead of the rain in) Long Beach, California
greytaylor@att.net wrote:
> Am I missing something or are the new pictures of a different bike?
> Guy Taylor
> Anaheim, CA
>
> -------------- Original message from "Tam Pham" <terminaut@gmail.com>: --------------
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>> I just checked on the auction and it looks like the seller has updated it
>> with some photos. The bike is far from a holy grail.
>>
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> > On 12/23/06, Brett Horton wrote:
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>>> Unless a holy grail is being rolled out to the eBay auction block, this is
>>> a scam. The same photo can be found on Vintage Velos web site at:
>>> http://vintagevelos.com/
>>>
>>> Brett Horton
>>> San Francisco, California USA