Recent content by jet sanchez

Yowza! What front rack is that? Lovely!

There were two men named De Rosa who built bicycles, the ones that are desirable were built by Ugo De Rosa. He's the guy that built frames for Eddy Merckx when he was racing. The pictures in the first post are made by the other De Rosa. Nice frame, I'm sure, just don't pay a premium for it.

Lovely. What stem is that? Grammo?

There is a Kelme near Antwerp but the guy is asking a lot for it. It looks to be in good shape though... http://nl.kapaza.be/antwerpen/eddy-merc ... 491772.htm

That is a really good question but I have no idea; certainly, I have never seen another one like it. Here is my girlfriend's Corsa Extra in the Hitachi colours, made from Reynolds 653: I have never found out which team raced with these colours, perhaps there never was a team that used...

There was year year when these colours were reversed, 1995. This is mine, formerly ridden by Olaf Ludwig.

Nevermind, found it. Not a bad price, all things considered.

Wow! I have the matching road version. Do you have a link to the listing for this bike? Here is my roadie:

Yes, being local to Gent certainly would help. For what it is worth, here is a thread over on Bikeforums that shows how Mr. Hoste's company painted a Merckx Leader http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.ph ... highlight=

There is a painter near Gent who did a lot of painting for Merckx and (I believe) Plum, he may be able to help you out. Here is his site: http://www.frankhoste.com/

I have one of these too, they are very nice riders

I would have guessed it would be Shamals, no?

I have a bike that I thought was a Superissimo but I sent the serial number to Colnago and they tell me it is a Super from 1995. What is the difference between the two bikes? T here is no tubing decal on my bike but it is definitely over-sized tubing on the down tube and seat tube.

If he is running a pawn shop of sorts, he is likely required by law to see some i.d. from the seller so, if the bike turns out to be stolen, you have recourse there. Nice bike, ride the heck out of it, it looks like it has been sitting for ages and needs a good ride.

I have never seen black lugs like that, they are usually chrome. Was this done by you or did it come that way?