On Dec 5, 2007 4:32 AM, kim klakow <Akimbo71@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hilary wrote:
>
> > there are two De Rosa frames, a good 1980s one and a very interesting
> mid
> > 1970s one which is allegedly ex-Molteni team - it came from Belgium and
> > has plain lugs without heart cutouts, slotted bottom bracket shell and a
> > number braze-on...
>
> The "Molteni" frame has awfully mashed stay caps or is that just the
> picture?
>
> The auction could use some better, detailed photos if it's being alleged
as an ex-Molteni frameset. Those seat stay caps almost look like somebody
tried to stamp "DE ROSA" (with a big O) onto the stay caps *after* they've
been brazed onto the frame... and with nothing to support the caps on the
backside they collapsed/dented.
Overall, the frameset looks like it could be a De Rosa but the indentation for chainring clearance isn't consistent with mid-70's De Rosas nor are the squarish reinforcements for the bridge tubes on the stays. There is the (better?) possibility that the frame is a Benotto, IMHO.
Tam Pham
Huntington Beach, CA - USA