De Rosa Build
03-05-25 | 02:38 PM
#26
Sunshine
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 18,699
Likes: 10,234
From: Des Moines, IA
Bikes: '18 class built steel roadbike, '19 Fairlight Secan, '88 Schwinn Premis , Black Mountain Cycles Monstercross V4, '89 Novara Trionfo
Cambium saddles can be dead level.
03-09-25 | 12:23 PM
#28
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,473
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From: San Jose (Willow Glen) Ca
Bikes: Kirk Custom JK Special, 86 De Rosa Pro, '84 Team Miyata,(dura ace old school) 80?? SR Semi-Pro 600 Arabesque
Got my first decent ride in
Bike feels great, can feel the stiffness of the slx, steering and handling is quick
despite stiffness handled by 6 miles of gravel loops really well, with 27mm FMB tubular at 105psi
Bike wanting to go, ended up with messages from my garmin about exceeding aerobic levels me being out of shape did not help
Drive train works great, as always need to figure out which set of gears to use, defaulted to middle (42) chain ring for most of ride, dropped chain so need to fine tune front derailler limits
over all positioning worked well, will tilt seat down a bit, as there was pressure when in the drops
First time with a Brooks Cambium seat... C15 carved. Worked well. but you don't slide on these at all so to reposition need to stand on pedals and move
Smile rating
Bike feels great, can feel the stiffness of the slx, steering and handling is quick
despite stiffness handled by 6 miles of gravel loops really well, with 27mm FMB tubular at 105psi
Bike wanting to go, ended up with messages from my garmin about exceeding aerobic levels me being out of shape did not help
Drive train works great, as always need to figure out which set of gears to use, defaulted to middle (42) chain ring for most of ride, dropped chain so need to fine tune front derailler limits
over all positioning worked well, will tilt seat down a bit, as there was pressure when in the drops
First time with a Brooks Cambium seat... C15 carved. Worked well. but you don't slide on these at all so to reposition need to stand on pedals and move
Smile rating
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03-09-25 | 12:26 PM
#29
Crawlin' up, flyin' down
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,721
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From: Democratic Peoples' Republic of Berkeley
Bikes: 1967 Paramount; 1982-ish Ron Cooper; 1978 Eisentraut "A"; two mid-1960s Cinelli Speciale Corsas; and others in various stages of non-rideability.
03-09-25 | 04:57 PM
#30
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 10,106
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Bikes: ? Proteous, '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, 'Litespeed Catalyst'94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster
Yup! De Rosa = smiles! Good first ride report. Minor adjustments are par for the course.
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