Originally Posted by
repechage
I will have to ask, a friend who I should describe as a bike of the month club charter member had a DeRosa with a 50th group, got all kinds of grief from the local club guys. He soon sold it.
He now seems to limit himself to one every 6-9 months, but the price bracket is a bit different now, I expect him to get a set of the new Zipp wheels, $4k a pair...
I mean, I had one (actually two - one used that I rode pretty much the entire two years stationed in London, the other mint in box I sold some years ago. I think I sold the unused set for $2500) in the mid-90s. Have no idea the premium over the normal gruppo in 1983.
DD