Hello,

I have a lugged De Rosa that has been crashed. I am planning on getting the front triangle replaced as well as doing a repaint. It appears to be a later model lugged de rosa. What has me confused is the top tube decal says "Neo Pro" and as far as I can tell De Rosa only made a cabon "Neo Pro". Anyone have any input on when de rosa may have made a steel neo pro or what kind of tubing she might be? It appears to have been repainted at some point with a Kellogg logo on the seat stay. I have emailed Tom but gotten no response. Any ideas? Do you think it may have been mislabeled, if so any thoughts on it's original model?

Strikes me as an 86 or 87. 88's were different for a number of reasons. '85 and earlier had an entirely different look ... It's been repainted so... ?? year, model; who knows, how much does it matter ? No original fork so it'll never be a collector's item I should say.
Pesumeably not much chrome has been painted over. Examples of some SL frames at large had only one stay chromed while others had both, DeRosas quite often.
I've seen examples of one chromed only on SLXs. If yours is an 86 or 87 (no earlier) it could be an SLX. By feeling inside for "rifling" or "splines" inside the BB shell, up into the tubing can tell you. I don't think it's an SLX but it would've be called a "Professional SLX".
The names Pro, NeoPro, Primato have me confused too, I'm not an expert. Again, the bike's been altered as you state so...??
Most all used bridgeless, plain looking BB shells, yours looks plainer than most which could point to SL, pics. not good enough and neither am I. Just about all had flat crown forks; only the much later ones chromed. I'm providing clues not def. answers.
De Rosas are always nice, a fork to find and use is no problem; OE or not.

Hi. Any close-ups of the bottom bracket, rear dropouts, seat caps, chain stays, head tube, etc? Any original badging left or or just the Kellogg sticker?

Thanks for the input OAN! I was guessing mid 80's as well. I'll try to get some detailed pics this evening. The bottom bracket has "FA 888" stamped in it and it has de rosa stamped in the chrome dropouts.

Holokai