Originally Posted by
mazdaspeed
Can someone explain to me why that's so special and worth more than a de rosa?
Just do a little research on Joe Breeze and the birth of the Mountain Bike. Even I, an avid vintage euro roadie, take my hat off to the guy. He can be credited to at least one of the guys that took a 1937 Schwinn from a bike shop in Santa Cruz and turned it into the first mountain bike. It would be the equivalent of someone in this forum finding a Major Taylor.
The quality looks to be beyond what most of us ride! It's like we are a bunch of Vintage Ferrari Collectors and we turn our nose up the second a 1964 Shelby Cobra Coupe ends up on the auction block... a little respect... remember Shelby showed Ferrari a thing or two in 1967.
Looks like a beautiful example of dedicated, quality frame building...