Originally Posted by
buldogge
The micro fusion bottom bracket, and frames without cs bridge, started in 86-87 with the "pros".
I have a '85 "pro" with the cs bridge. I have never owned a Primato…but as Aaron said they are highly desirable.
I do own an EL-OS bike though…Chesini Innovation…and the ride is quite nice.
The later TSX bikes were Nuovo Classicos….and this nameplate carries on today, albeit with different tubing.
I'm not familiar with the Diamant (?)…but…the Diamante chainstays are one of the features that give the 80's De Rosa it's legendary, and well deserved, reputation.
Later Primatos (Neo-) were built with Dedacciai Zero Uno, I believe…which is not as "advanced" a steel as EL-OS.
There were also late production original Primatos built with Genius…this is the one I want…and frankly, I will sell my SLX Pro when I finally find one.
-Mark in St. Louis
I wasn't sure when the Genius Primatos wee made Mark, and some people refer to those as neo-Primatos as well. I also could be wrong (I often am), but I think there were TSX De Rosas prior to the nuovo Classico and model distinctions that were just referred to as De Rosas. The differentiation would have been calling it SL, SLX or TSX.
This is a 96' Primato with the webbed BB shell. It has all of the more desirable features in a Primato - diamanté stays, flat fork crown, webbed bb shell.
This is an SLX De Rosa that is essentially what you called a professional with a rare paint scheme. This one is especially unusual because it's the only 35th I know of with a sloping fork crown. The fork does match the frame number. Best guess is it was custom request or a fork was last in shipment and this was sent as a replacement.
