Originally Posted by
big john
It looks great! You might be able to fit a wider tire in there, maybe as wide as 28.
DeRosa made stage racing type bikes, so not super twitchy.
If you want fenders you could use Raceblades, or so people tell me.
For light touring you can use a seatpost mounted rack.
That is a quill stem, you can buy Nitto stems in different sizes and raise the bars if you want.
Like maelochs wrote, handlebars come in many widths, drops, and different shapes.
I didn't know they were stage racing, that's good to know! The owner said he would include a seat post mounted rack that they've used on it. Thank you for mentioning the Nitto stems, I have looked into them and think they might be an ideal replacement. I'm a HAIR concerned the cables might not be long enough, though the current owner looked at them and thinks they would not be a problem, since the stem would move IN, then up. Do they look ok from the pictures?
ETA: He said it currently has 28mm wheels, he thought they had used 30 at one point and it was just too close. Is 28 a good size?