Hi Jerry,
That De Rosa came over with 25 other cartons from Italy in December 2005. Whoever did the lugs on my bike did a nice job. Here is what I know about the bike and the following is from Steven Maasland and the person Steven sourced the bike from:
"The bike comes from the ex-pro Pietro Chiodini. You can see his palmarès
By searching here: http://tinyurl.com/
The bike is most definitely from the 1970's. According to Chiodini it is from 1975 which would also correspond to the equipment that is fitted to th e frame. Cinelli switched to the flying C logo in 1978, Campagnolo also switched front derailleur to the one with the lip, the brakes with the bulbous brake QR and the skewers with the curved QR handle. De Rosa also switched exclusively to braze-on TT cable guides in about 1977. Lastly the diamond stays with the uncommon Brev De Rosa decal all point to mid 70's."
Mike Schmidt Millington, NJ USA
On 4/5/09 12:32 PM, "Jerome & Elizabeth Moos" <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
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> The photo of Mike Schmidt's Ugo Blue DeRosa with yellow decals struck me
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> th its similarity to my recently rebuilt 1980 or 1981 Zunow. That bike i
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> also very, very close to Ugo Blue with the same shade of yellow for the a
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> ents. Kageyama-san even enclosed a spade in the "O" in Zunow, just as th
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> "O" in DeRosa encloses the heart. And many details of the Zunow, beyond
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> st the color scheme, mirror Italian design in general and DeRosa in parti
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> lar. Pretty clear what marque most influenced Kageyama. Did we ever est
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> lish if Kageyama actually apprenticed in Italy, or was just heavily influ
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> ced by Italian bikes, especially DeRosa? Of course the more recent Zunow
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> with their rather wild graphics, have developed a much different style, b
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> the early ones circa 1980 could probably have been passed off as Italian
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> y changing the decals, although not as a DeRosa, since the lug cutouts ar
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> spades rather than hearts. I'm sure there must have been Italian
> builders (other than Confente) who used spade cutouts.
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> Regards,
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> Jerry Moos
> Big Spring, Texas, USA
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> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com> wrote
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>> From: ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [CR] Photos of Steven Maasland's De Rosa Theme CR Ride
>> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:52 AM
>> First off, a huge thanks to the Maasland Family for hosting
>> a fantastic rid
>> e yesterday! Beautiful sunny early Spring day filled with
>> 25-35mph const
>> ant WIND. Primary theme was De Rosa, with nice examples
>> ridden by severa
>> l list members.
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>> In attendance in addition to myself were:
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>> Steven Maasland, Scott Ramsay, Mike Schmidt, Ed Granger,
>> Garbriel "Fidel" R
>> omeu and Rita, Angel Garcia, David Neuhaus, Dave Van Hook,
>> Ray Homiski,
>> Kevin Ruberg, and Pat and Brandy (sorrry, forgot your last
>> name).
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>> Posted some photos of the ride at the following Wool Jersey
>> address:
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>> http://www.wooljersey.com/
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>> Thanks once again to Steven for a great day of riding!!!
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>> Regards,
>> Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA
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