Re: [CR] 1973 DeRosa

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Grant McLean" <grant.mclean@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [CR] 1973 DeRosa
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:19:13 -0400


Jay,

Wow! Amazing bike. I just love everything about it. My dream bike is one in a 53cm. I have a Japanese magazine "Italian Road Racer" that has a photo of the same DeRosa as yours, in a slightly smaller size. Beautiful ! Enjoy!!

Grant McLean Toronto, Canada

Jay Van De Velde wrote: Several people have asked me when I planned to load pictures of my not so recently acquired De Rosa, so I finally got around to doing it. This bike was purchased new in Italy directly from Ugo, who described this bike to the buyer as a stage racer (as opposed to a criterium bike? One of these days I plan to do a compare and contrast exercise regarding the frame geometries of the Italian steeds.) The buyer raced it for one season then retired the bike to a warm dry room in Sag Harbor NY where it sat until a few months ago. Other than replacing the dryrotted Setas, nothing was done to it.

http://www.theracingbicycle.com/DeRosa_1973.html