This supports my theory that they went through a bad period: My late '80s De Rosa Professional has really nice transitions of the stays to the dropout; my early '80s had the identical treatment. So what year would this pink eBay De Rosa be (Item number: 260071987456)?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, CA
Brian Blum wrote:
> That is a standard columbus stay end, rather than a domed end it is
> a clumsy imitation of a hand finished stay end that appeared
> beginning about 1982. Much nicer than the crushed over the dropout
> tab chainstays on many 70's Bottechias but not a KOF frame. Brian
> Blum in Berkeley
>
>> From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>> To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CR]Pink De Rosa
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:54:40 -0800
>>
>> I'm struck by how clumsy the seat and chain stay to dropout
>> transition is on the eBay bike. Looks like the Merckx style (Ugo
>> De Rosa helped in setting up Eddy's factory), not the De Rosa
>> style. I've got five Merckx bikes and love them dearly but never
>> cared for the stay to dropout transition that Eddy uses.
>>
>> Pink eBay De Rosa drop out:
>> http://i10.ebayimg.com/
>>
>> My late '80s De Rosa has the same style as Ray's bike shown in
>> the links below (his dropouts are stamped "CAMPAGNOLO" and mine
>> are stamped "DE ROSA").
>>
>> Ray Dobbins' De Rosa drop out:
>> http://www.raydobbins.com/
>> http://www.raydobbins.com/
>>
>>
>> Was the pink bike made during a bad period for Ugo? Comments?
>>
>> Chuck Schmidt
>> South Pasadena, CA USA
>> http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)