Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries - Help with identifying this De Rosa?

Specifically I'm wondering about model and year. From the columbus SLX sticker and front derailleur braze on, I'm thinking mid to late 80s, but I'm no expert by any means.

Sorry for the lousy photos, I can take better ones if that helps. The bottom bracket is sorta hard to read in the picture, it says CC6 (I think)

Thanks!

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That's about all that you can narrrow in down to. A frame could've been sent here and on the shelf 'till '90. It could be a Primato but it doesn't matter in that many of the best bikes offered were called SLX, nothing more. I've seen '84s - '6s in you color. Chrome forks to a somewhat varied extent were out there in ''88 '89. SLX does point a lttle more to post '85... anyway, I can do nothing more than agree with your seemingly accurate estimation. I've bikes that I don't care when they were born.....you know.. the shelf thing I'd stated. No better example of a bicycle can be found from Italy, using Cyclex than the likes of that bike. Someone else here will estimate it too, recognizing the paint.

Thanks, I'm putting it up on eBay in a few days, just wanted to give the most accurate description I could, if i were keeping it, I probably wouldn't really care either. Someday I'll have a de Rosa of my own! This one is just too big for me unfortunately, 60cm.

I think you have the dating about right, but what about that driveside rear DO?
Repaired and primered?

I think you have the dating about right, but what about that driveside rear DO?
Repaired and primered?

Something like that, I'm baffled as to why somebody would do that. I'm currently painstakingly removing that and going in with touch up paint.

Something like that, I'm baffled as to why somebody would do that. I'm currently painstakingly removing that and going in with touch up paint.
those short Campy DOs were notorious for cracking, usually in the front "web" but sometimes the rear across the hole for the adjuster screw. I've had one repaired with TiG welding, which is more obvious, but often silver-brazing was used...look closely and you might see the filled-in crack. IMO it doesn't really depress the value of a bike as a rider, but would affect it as a collectible.

I have a Pinarello Montello in the attic with a right DO that is cracked in the front "web". Would it be really enough to silver braze it in the crack ?

Something like that......

Vagueness.......

I have a Pinarello Montello in the attic with a right DO that is cracked in the front "web". Would it be really enough to silver braze it in the crack ?
That's one for the frame-repair guy to decide. When I went to mine he convinced me that the right thing to do was grind out the surrounding material and fill it in with weld, he wouldn't guarantee the repair if done with just brazing...YRMV.

That's one for the frame-repair guy to decide. When I went to mine he convinced me that the right thing to do was grind out the surrounding material and fill it in with weld, he wouldn't guarantee the repair if done with just brazing...YRMV.

I would probably file a V about half way down, and have it tig welded, then file from the other side and repeat. It would probably hold, on a pinarello probably chromed, so a "correct" repair is Big money.