I worked as a junior builder and salesman at Parkwest Schwinn in Chicago in 1973-4 (with some other listers and good friends!) and remember seeing DeRosa bikes for sale at Turin Bike Shop down the road. I particularly remember lusting after an all chrome De Rosa ridden by one of Turins owners. Maybe they were all special order - I never asked! So - anyone have a 62cm early 70s DeRosa theyd like to part with? ;-)
Greg Arnold New York Cit http://www.nofatmusic.com
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6/2/09 8:01 PM
> I believe Talbot's began bringing them in in the early 70's - perhaps Jack
> just committed a typo there?
> Mainly writing to add that Hilary Stone is currently working on a De Rosa
> taxonomy that prove may useful in respect to issues like this one. OTOH, De
> Rosa was quite a small producer right through the 70's and built a lot of
> custom frames, so there is perhaps more frame-to-frame variation than with
> some of the other prominent marques.
>
> Ed Granger
> Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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