Re: [CR] 1978 De Rosa - mismatched brake centerbolt mounts

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

From: "Matthew 'Devotion' Bowne" <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
To: <ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com>, CR discussion list <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:15:49 -0400
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Subject: Re: [CR] 1978 De Rosa - mismatched brake centerbolt mounts


Kevin, A fellow just brought a circa '78-'79 Colnago Super into my shop with the same brake set up. Same stamp on the driveside dropout and the fork steerer tube. I used to own an Viner from the same era that had the same thing going on. Late 70's-early 80's seems to be a bit of a "transitional" era...Just as brake mounting was changing, so too was the over vs. under BB cable routing. And both bikes had short 1010 dropouts with the porta catena mounting holes.

Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, NY
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:10:52 -0700
> From: ktk1_7_0_2_8@yahoo.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] 1978 De Rosa - mismatched brake centerbolt mounts
>
> Congratulations to the very astute Ray Dobbins for being the first person to
> point out the anomaly on my 1978 De Rosa photos posted to Wool Jersey yesterday:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/Kevin-Krugers-Bikes/DeRosa1978/
>
> Note the use of a nutted front centerbolt and a recessed rear. Fork is
> definitely original to the bike, and suspect it was simply a shop error,
> grabbing a prebuilt nutted brake fork from the rack and fitting to a recessed
> rear frame. Greg Softley's ex-1975 De Rosa has a similar mismatch (think he
> purchased this from Ken Denny), although opposite of mine (recessed front &
> nutted rear):
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/d/280073-1/page28.jpg
>
> Would be interested if anyone else owns a bike from this period with similar
> mismatched brake mounts.
>
> Regards,
> Kevin Kruger - Grantville, PA USA