Vintage De Rosa Pista
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NYC / Brooklyn
Posts: 124
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Vintage De Rosa Pista
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-De-Rosa-Pista
------------------------
Can anyone verify that this is actually a De Rosa frameset? The rear triangle was rebuilt at the time of a re-paint. Decal set is from the 70's, the frame is supposedly from the 80's. No serial #.
I have poked around a little and haven't been able to verify the authenticity of this frameset, outside of what is found on https://prollyisnotprobably.com/.
Thanks in advance!
See above link for pics.
------------------------
Can anyone verify that this is actually a De Rosa frameset? The rear triangle was rebuilt at the time of a re-paint. Decal set is from the 70's, the frame is supposedly from the 80's. No serial #.
I have poked around a little and haven't been able to verify the authenticity of this frameset, outside of what is found on https://prollyisnotprobably.com/.
Thanks in advance!
See above link for pics.
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 20,305
Mentioned: 130 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3464 Post(s)
Liked 2,827 Times
in
1,995 Posts
The captioned text indicates a new fork, which it does appear to have, and probably some work to the rear triangle, it reads between the lines like it was reborn after a big wreck.
Happens all the time in the vintage race car world, but bike folk get all in a twist about it.
Worth the price? Not to me, but the $1300. asking I think is at the top of the market.
The earlier transfers work but are not period.
I think the chrome rear triangle is more questionable, I have seen chrome forks on a number of DeRosas but not chrome rear ends on track bikes.
Happens all the time in the vintage race car world, but bike folk get all in a twist about it.
Worth the price? Not to me, but the $1300. asking I think is at the top of the market.
The earlier transfers work but are not period.
I think the chrome rear triangle is more questionable, I have seen chrome forks on a number of DeRosas but not chrome rear ends on track bikes.