1978 Delta Racing Products Pro 
#1 2006-03-20 3:27pm
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1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
'78 Delta Pro - redline v-bars, tuff neck, bullseye hubs, note the Powerlite top pad. Paid $600 for it in Dec '78
Delta was a short lived company that sponsored Denny Davidow - who I thought was really cool - so I had my bike shop find me a DRP frame and build it up with money I saved from my paper route (I was 14). The bike was incredibly light. The head tube was so steep, that the steering was way twitchy. Finally had to put on a pair of Jimmy weinert forks which had the most rake I could find to keep the wheel for turning in on berms. 
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#2 2006-10-03 6:51pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
awesome bike and history tidbit
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#3 2006-12-23 9:07pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
those old school frames had some serious front rake angles. you got a nice bike there. i used to save all my paper route money to buy parts for my bike as well. you gotta do what you gotta do.
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#4 2007-10-14 4:17pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
yeah im 13 and i dont have a paper route cause no one gets the paper now...i just work for a photgrapher, 8.50 an hour, and im lovin it!
you know how when you were a kid and you wanted all those bikes?well im still a kid at the ripe age of 13 and i can get those bikes!! WAA W00T!!
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(thats gaelic)
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#5 2007-10-26 11:17am
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
That is a very nice bike. It doesnt even look like a late 70's bike. From the picture it looks like a mid 90's.
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#6 2008-09-30 6:02pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
BEutiful bike it dont look like any type of 78 frame those guys were way ahead of thear time.PEACE(MYONE)Home grown on the mongoose farm.
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#7 2008-11-16 12:02pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
Well done on the restoration. The only comment I have is that there is no way DREP's would have that many spokes. Actually Dirk Dwaidow was the first to ride a DRP with 12 front wheel spokes.
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#8 2009-10-27 10:53pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
I have been riding mountain bikes with the Davidows for the last three years.
I found one of these frames (#61) in an old box of Trophies. I have bought some stuff in an effort to rebuild it. I need to get a second AND THIRD job to be able to afford the parts now!! LOL Vintage Campy cranks and hubs are really pricey
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#9 2009-11-06 8:25pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
Beauty. That's a rare bike. They were ahead of their time.
Bikes owned 1978-1989: '78 Schwinn Scrambler 36/36, '78 Redline Proline, '77 Redline MX-II, '79 Thruster, '79 Torker, '77 Roger DeCoster, '80 JMC, '80 Fuji Feather, '81 Boss (STOLEN!), '82 Hutch Pro, '82 Patterson, '83 GT Pro, '83 Profile Champ Pro
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#10 2011-06-01 12:04pm
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Re: 1978 Delta Racing Products Pro
Do you have any closer pics of the bike? Sweet Ride, wouldn't mind adding this one to my collection. 
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