De Rosa Planet bike - does anyone know much about them?

I have a planet de rosa with carbon forks, aluminium frame and a full campag Daytona groupset. Does anyone know much about these bikes? I think it is 2003/2004. Its really nice and light, I have been enjoying riding it but would like to know more about the model and brand. Are they considered to be any good?

i have added some pictures, would appreciate it anyone is familiar with this bike cold let me know a bit more about it.

When it was launched, in around 1999/2000, the Planet was De Rosa's top of the range aluminium race bike and was used by the Riso Scotti team, who De Rosa supplied bikes too at the time.

It was replaced by the first Merak frame, which used Dedaccai's UD tubing, a year or two later. I had one of those which was ridiculously light, very stiff and not very robust (the tubing was so thin you could feel it depress when pressed with your thumb). The Planet was a lot more robust.

All De Rosa's aluminium frames were built in house, so the quality would've been very high (they were then one of the leading Italian manufacturers).

As a company, De Rosa was established by Ugo De Rosa in the late 1950s and he built frames for the likes of Merckx and other top professionals. He was widely recognised as being one of the leading builders in the Italian cycling industry. Ugo's three sons now run the business and they are still one of Italy's premium framebuilders. They have a factory in the northern suburbs of Milan where a lot of the production is still done. The last time I was there, approx 7-8 years ago, Ugo De Rosa was still building frames, and he was in his 70s then.

A friend of mine rode one for years and he loved it.

Thanks andyp that's really helpful. I was thinking about sticking it on eBay as I already have too many bikes. It's good to know more about what it is.

hi bec
i'm interested in your planet, are u thinking of
selling it?

bec,
hi again,
yes i am

PM me when you are out of Nursery, thats probably the best bet.

ok bec