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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Pic of the day – De Rosa Pista

Photos by: hrrundel

Giro Della Provincia Di Reggio Calabria-Challenge Calabria: Malaguti Matteo (De Rosa - Stac Plastic) wins the first race

More information:

Giro Della Provincia Di Reggio Calabria-Challenge Calabria: Stage 1, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

Results:

1 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic

2 Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago CSF Inox

3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Carmiooro NGC

4 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre Farnese Vini

5 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago CSF Inox

6 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas Doimo

7 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) De Rosa - Stac Plastic

8 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Lampre Farnese vini

9 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone

10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas Doimo

Photos from the race look here

De Rosa 1957 Replica

Ray from Philadelphia (USA) leaves the following beautiful pictures to me.

35th anniversary bike from 1990s- supposedly the graphics were inspired by the earliest De Rosas

Ray writes:

I purchased the bike in 1999 at a cycling pro shop here in the USA , Cycles BiKyle (www.bikyle.com). I am really into lugged steel traditional bicycles (especially De Rosa) and when I saw the frame I had to have it. I am told that the frame was actually built by Ugo himself, and there were a limited amount produced.

De Rosa 1957 Replica with Campagnolo Chorus

De Rosa »Replica 57« decal

De Rosa 1957 Replica with Campagnolo Chorus and traditional cotton cloth handlebar tape.

Columbus »Acciaio Speciale« tubing, which means »special steel«.

De Rosa 1957 Replica with Campagnolo Chorus.

Thanks a lot and many greetings to Philadelphia!

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De Rosa´s top of the range

The official presentation of De Rosa KING3 RS for the Team Carmiooro-NGC

Photo and Text by: derosanews.com

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Dino´s De Rosa Titanio 3.2,5 from Singapore

Dino from Singapore sent me some pictures of his very nice DE ROSA Titanio 3.2,5.

Thanks a lot and many greetings to Singapore!

Marcello

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Fly V australia Pro Cycling Team rides De Rosa King 3 RS

Jono, Technical Assistant from the Fly V australia Pro Cycling Team, sent me a few pics of the beautiful De Rosa King 3 RS bikes that were delivered for the Australian Open Championships in January.

Aaron Kemps won the National Criterium Championships in its first race and two days later David Kemp won a silver medal in the National Road Championships. (photos from the race, click here.)

Jai Crawford and his De Rosa King 3 RS


Jai Crawford presents the Fly V australia Team Equipment

Jono, thank you for the pictures, the link and the team-information.

Greetings to Australia!

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The new De Rosa - Stac Plastic Racing Kit

All is ready for the debut of De Rosa - Stac Plastic, even the uniform that we see here in overview.

»We would hold the colour of our brand - the deep blue - and we mixed it with the red and white tipical of our logo - explain Cristiano De Rosa. In this way we merger all tipical sport colour together with the green of the co-sponsor« In the end we are really satisfied form the result.

Photo and Text by: derosanews.com

Pic of the day – De Rosa Team single speed mode

Photo by: david_a_lea

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De Rosa KING 3 RS Team frames 2010

PASSIONE BICI, the exclusive german distributor of De ROSA, presents the new DE ROSA KING 3 RS Team frames De Rosa - Stac Plastic and Carmiooro-NGC.

De Rosa – Stac Plastic

Carmiooro – NGC

De Rosa Neo Primato Molteni - 2006

Original photo from the DE ROSA catalog 2006

Jörg from Germany sent me some pictures of his very nice DE ROSA Neo Primato Molteni.

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