Originally Posted by
jimmm18
Well I will chime in here. I have all the Gita catalogs from 92-97 and none are painted like yours. In addition i read somewhere that the 2nd water bottle was added to american models as the home market didn't have them. The italians didn't see the need for them. So it is either an italian market version or 1980's model. But i am no expert. Very pretty bike.
I've dug up more information: After perusing all of the pictures on the Bikeadelic website:
De Rosa Bicycles - BIKEADELIC
I found a couple of pictures of comparable De Rosa bikes with essentially the same paint patterns, decals, braze-ons, and lug detailing. What I determined is, the frame almost certainly comes from the period from 1983 to 1987, and is probably a De Rosa Professional from those years, although it may have been an un-named special variant or made to order frame from that time span. De Rosa transitioned the Professional from Columbus SL to SLX during the 1986-1987 timeframe but during those two years, was making the Professional out of both tube sets, before moving it completely over to SLX by 1988, and by 1988, the paint of the logos was different. The Campy 9-soeed index components on my bike are from the late 1990s or later. So basically, the frame set is a few years older than I thought it was, and the components are a few years younger. BTW, the Campy 50th Anniversary edition was 1983.
De Rosa Bicycles - BIKEADELIC: De Rosa Professional 1987
De Rosa Bicycles - BIKEADELIC: De Rosa Specialissima Campagnolo 50th Anniversary
De Rosa Bicycles - BIKEADELIC: De Rosa SL from the 1980`s