De Rosa History: 2 articles on ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL

Ugo de Rosa

De Rosa History, Part I

De Rosa History, Part II

De Rosa Neo Primato – 2002

The story about the »De Rosa Neo Primato - 2002«

A 60cm Neo Primato built in 2002. Upon initial inspection I was happy with the frame. But there was an alignment problem with the tig-welded unicrown-style steel fork supplied. The online vendor, Competitive Cyclist, was successful in obtaining a replacement fork for me, a full-carbon model made by Mizuni. Though I'd prefer the steel fork that's now available, the Carbon fork was clearly better than the steel fork then offered, and much lighter too.

Bike was originally built-up with Super Record components from my fifteen year old bike. Fellow riders here in Wisconsin were shocked to discover friction shifters still in use - how old-fashioned, and only six cogs! A few years later parts were upgraded to Record and Chorus 10-speed parts. Indeed, only the original seat post is still used from the original assembly. I still get favorable comments on this bike for it's classic good looks. Now the only point of controversy seems to be the frame being made from steel, not carbon ...

Photo and Story: Stephen from Wisconsin, USA

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De Rosa Professional SL – 1982

The story about the »De Rosa Professional SL – 1982«

The story is that I bought it off of Craigslist. It was really in poor shape, except the frame itself was mint under the grime. It was quite dirty and had not been maintained. I took apart every component on the bike. Degreased every part. Completely overhauled the bottom bracket, hubs, and headset. The pantographed stem had been repainted with a black heart as well as the fork crown and was chipped. I stripped the paint off of all the pantographed parts and repainted with a durable enamel (the kind used to paint street signs) including the detail on the fork crown. This would ensure the paint withstood the elements. The seatpost was stripped, polished and repainted. New bar tape, gum hoods, housing, and cables were all installed. What was once a sad looking and dirty DeRosa came back as a beautiful and rideable bicycle. I enjoyed restoring and tuning it up and it was time to pass it on to another rider and look for the next diamond in the rough.

Photos and Story from: Anthony from New York City, USA

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Cristi´s De Rosa from Bucharest, Romania

Cristi´s from Bucharest, Romania sent me some pictures of his DE ROSA .

Thanks a lot and many greetings to Bucharest!

Marcello

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Doriano De Rosa builds a very large Titanio frame

Doriano De Rosa and the Titanio 3.2,5

Doriano De Rosa built a very special frame for the german distributor PASSIONE BICI of De Rosa and the bicycle shop »Collos Radsport«.

The challenge was to create a frame for a very tall driver: the owner of the new frame is 7 feet tall.

Photo by: PASSIONE BICI

De Rosa Primato – 1997

The Bike

It is a 1997 de Rosa Primato

It is constructed of Columbus EL tubing

It is pearl white in color

It is all 1997 Campagnolo Record Group

It has a Cinelli Gramo stem

It is a size 57cm square

It has Campagnolo Omega tubular rims with Veloflex Critierium tubular tires

Cranks are 175's

Cinelli bar tape

NOS Regal Saddle with Ti rails

It has a 13-26 cassette 9spd. Of course ergo levers

The pedals are NOS 1997 Campagnolo-Look design.

The Story

The bike originally was purchased by a friend of mine who used to ride with us however he passed away from serious illness. We the group were all very close to him and his family. The bike lay in his garage for at least 2 years and I inquired about it. The bike color was originally purple in color. The offering from de Rosa in that model that year was plum and red. I went to see the bike and it broke my heart just seeing it there all dirty and decals coming off. I rescued the bike from his wife and immediately took everything apart. I had ever part screw everything professionally cleaned. The bike never really had many miles on it. I even had the hubs sent to Ray Dobbins in Florida to have them worked over and polished. Anyway then I had the frame sent to Cycle Arte in California and had it completely stripped and repainted. The paint job alone was $1,100.00. The bike came back PERFECT. Everybody stops and stares at it. The pearl white is just the best color for that bike. I have ridden the bike twice in two years and I think it has about 20 miles on it to date.

Les, thanks a lot and many greetings to USA!

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Pic of the day – Eddy and Ugo, Part 4

Eddy Merckx and Ugo De Rosa (in the background)

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Pic of the day – Eddy and Ugo, Part 3

Eddy Merckx and Ugo De Rosa

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Pic of the day – Eddy and Ugo, Part 2

Eddy Merckx and Ugo De Rosa

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Pic of the day – Eddy and Ugo

Eddy Merckx and Ugo De Rosa

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The »De Rosa Titanio« project

De rosa titanio project with combined ALL NOS 1985 c record derailleur set and century group SET WITH MATCHING NOS CENTURY C RECORD HI FLANGE HUBSET

DE ROSA TITANIO FRAME ALSO BRAND NEW NOS

I FOUND THIS FRAME IN ARIZONA HANGING ON THE CEILING SINCE 1993 IN AN OLD BIKE SHOP SPECIALIZING IN HIGH END ITALIAN BIKES AND VINTAGE CAMPAGNOLO BOUGHT IT FOR $2000

ONE OF THE FIRST HAND BUILT DE ROSA TITANIO FROM UGO DE ROSA

CENTURY FINISH NOS C RECORD CRANKS, NOS CENTURY DELTA BRAKES AND NOS 36 HOLE CENTURY HI FLANGE C RECORD HUBS.

Photos and Text by: nyronald72

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