You know, it's funny. Some people love Bose 901 loudspeakers, others prefer Magneplanars.
With bikes I guess it's the same way...I haven't ridden a *lot* of bikes, but of those that I have, I strongly prefer Colnagos. My favorite bike is an '89 Spiral Conic SLX, a bike that replaced a custom Condor Cycles built for me in 1981.
That Colnago has been supplemented by a C40 and a Dream, the latter for racing. My everyday bike now is a late Cambridge-built Merlin Extralight, which rides quite a bit like the Spiral Conic SLX.
The funny thing is that I briefly owned an '84 or '85 Cinelli that, on paper, should have been quite similar to the Colnago...but I never liked how it rode...it just didn't feel right to me. And I'm sitting on a late Dave Tesch that I know just won't feel right to me, so I'm going to let it go without ever building it up.
But I have heard Lou's sentiments regarding DeRosa's before (from others too), and would love to try out a 50-52cm example at some point.
Lee
Lee Levitt Needham, Massachusetts, USA
Peter writes:
>Lou; I feel the same way about you know
>.................................... Hetchins.
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>LouDeeter@aol.com wrote:
> http://ebay.com/
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>This auction for a used DeRosa Professional that ended at $1110 for the
>frame/fork tells me that the used bike market is alive and well.
>I've owned two
>with this nice blue color and a couple more. As I've told many people,
>nothing rides quite like a DeRosa. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL