De Rosa by Josbanse

So, I have a new frame coming. Thanks for w_water for the pic. I'll be posting my own pics when the frame arrives.

That is fantastic!

you tease ! How much did you pay for the total ?
waaaaaagwannnnn !

Didn't pay as the frame wasn't for sale. Gladly I had something for a trade.

Is that NOS.so new looking.

Lovely thing... 1978 isn’t it?

It should be early 80's

Hope you build it up and ride it as hard

It’s what Ugo would have wanted

To many nice bikes in collections unused as wall art

I'm gonna introduce this to the Helsinki olympic velodrome 1952

How come? If I remember correctly the kind of seat stays cup was used in 1978-1979 and this would match the flat fork crown also used on 70s De Rosa

I only saw refenrences online about the age but it really doesn't matter that much. Maybe I get that clear when I get the frame in a few days

De Rosa still used the flat fork crown until the late 80s as seen on the 1988 35th anniversary model:

Brilliant pictorial guide for dating De Rosa through seat stays, BB and forks -
http://www.classicderosa.com/
His Instagram -
https://www.instagram.com/thebicicletalist/
The guy is very knowledgeable about De Rosa and is very helpful if contacted.

Thanks man!

To many nice bikes in collections unused as wall art

True. I should ride my "De Rosa" Merckx and not hide it on my attic...

Very nice De Rosa, @josbanse . How are you going to finish it? Era correct? Neo retro?

Probably not era correct as I do not have a super nice super record pista grouppo and I would like to mount the sheriff wheels to some nice frame such as this. Maybe a mix and match.

I have the proper track cranks also

Blimey !