<< I think of Italian style seat stays as being fluted in the 1970's, then? moving to cast plugs in the '80's. I know there are exceptions. Was DeRosa the first Italian builder to have seat stay plugs made with his name on them?? >>
Marcus:
I am pretty certain that in this case, these are flat stamped plates, brazed to an angle cut top of seat stay, rather than the solid plugs. I do not recall DeRosa ever using concave (fluted) seat stay top treatment...
Hard to say who was the first to use engraved/stamped/embossed seat stay top eyes but my foggy memory suggests it was very much earlier....
Dale
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA
-----Original Message----- From: marcus.e.helman@gm.com To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Tue, 20 May 2008 9:40 am Subject: [CR]OLD DeRosa on Ebay #110253252979
I think of Italian style seat stays as being fluted in the 1970's, then moving to cast plugs in the '80's. I know there are exceptions.
Was DeRosa the first Italian builder to have seat stay plugs made with his name on them?
Best regards,
Marcus Helman
Detroit, MI USA