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    From Tom Kunich@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 9 20:04:36 2024
    I ran across a DeRosa Merak like mine in the Ukraine and am having it
    shipped to me. It was dirt cheap though shipping wasn't.

    It is a 54 cm which is the size a good friend rides. It will ptobably need
    a repaint since it appears to have enough paint damage that it won't be repairable.

    I had intended to install the 11 speed LTWoo shift group I have and a pair
    of Shimano brakes. I have a set of decent Bontrager wheels and a new chain
    or two laying around. I also have a crankset or two laying about.

    But then I also ran into a brand new LTWoo 10 speed group for $128 plus shipping from China. So I bought that as well and will put everything on
    the DeRosa.

    If the paint cannot be easily repaired, I have a local painter that can do
    the work on the cheap.

    Then I will spring it on my friend. Total cost on my part will be around
    $800 or so and we have been riding together for a long time. He used to
    have a steel DeRosa that he really loved but as he grew older the 56 cm
    frame just had too long a reach for him. Seem like a good Merry Christmas
    don't you think?

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  • From Jeff Liebermann@21:1/5 to cyclintom@yahoo.com on Mon Dec 9 13:04:01 2024
    On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 20:04:36 -0000 (UTC), Tom Kunich
    <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

    I ran across a DeRosa Merak like mine in the Ukraine and am having it
    shipped to me. It was dirt cheap though shipping wasn't.

    It is a 54 cm which is the size a good friend rides. It will ptobably need
    a repaint since it appears to have enough paint damage that it won't be >repairable.

    I had intended to install the 11 speed LTWoo shift group I have and a pair
    of Shimano brakes. I have a set of decent Bontrager wheels and a new chain
    or two laying around. I also have a crankset or two laying about.

    But then I also ran into a brand new LTWoo 10 speed group for $128 plus >shipping from China. So I bought that as well and will put everything on
    the DeRosa.

    If the paint cannot be easily repaired, I have a local painter that can do >the work on the cheap.

    Then I will spring it on my friend. Total cost on my part will be around
    $800 or so and we have been riding together for a long time. He used to
    have a steel DeRosa that he really loved but as he grew older the 56 cm
    frame just had too long a reach for him. Seem like a good Merry Christmas >don't you think?

    Probably not. It's only 16 days until Christmas. I don't think you
    can get delivery from Ukraine, through customs, and via a local
    delivery service by then.

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    Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
    PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
    Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
    Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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