I have a deep seated unhealthy craving for a De Rosa Cinquanta

Someone, please put me out of my misery & tell me it isn't as gorgeous as it looks, so smooth, so light, so...........CARBON!

I'm off to lie down now & stare at my Merak

My friend's and my Kings. We have 4 now, but don't have a picture yet.

I have a deep seated unhealthy craving for a De Rosa Cinquanta

Someone, please put me out of my misery & tell me it isn't as gorgeous as it looks, so smooth, so light, so...........CARBON!

I'm off to lie down now & stare at my Merak

They make steel too ya know...here's my '03 Corum/Chorus right after build. My (more humble) sights are fixed merely on the King.

They make steel too ya know...here's my '03 Corum/Chorus right after build. My (more humble) sights are fixed merely on the King.

Let me know what cottonwood you're going to leave that leaning against during your next break so I can steal it.

It'll be the tall, shady one next to my grave!

It'll be the tall, shady one next to my grave!

here's a bumper sticker for you - "you can have my DeRosa when you pry it out of my cold, dead fingers"

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uh yeah, am presently eyeballing Molteni Orange Primato to add to the stable
mmmm Lugs, mmmmmmm orange.

I grew up about a mile from the winery. Used Castle Road (where it's located) for Hill repeats. BIG ZINS give me GRINS. nice Corum as well, sweet paint. is it just me or do DeRosas really look better dressed in Campy? (not trying to start a S vs C war, strictly an aesthetic question). as a larger rider most DeRosas fall into the 'not recommended to what are you thinking big guy?' zone.

And this is my DeRosa:
http://seti.hr.hb-tim.hr/temp/smokva/DeRosa.jpg
There is an Selle Italia SLR saddle mounted instead Ritchey, that is on the pic.

Excuse the mess - this bike is a great ride, still waiting for the gold bar tape though.

Not quite has highend as the frames already posted but for half of retail I couldn't say no.

Sweet bike..........May replace my pinarello with one of those

Sweet bike..........May replace my pinarello with one of those

I'm thinking augment...My Pinarello Prince and my De Rosa King side by side in my garage...my, my that is a nice visual... :D

New Corum just arrived a few days ago. Haven't had the chance to ride it yet. Can't wait.

get on that bike. awesome pic. bet it looks even better in person.

uh yeah, am presently eyeballing Molteni Orange Primato to add to the stable
mmmm Lugs, mmmmmmm orange.

Here's mine.

Here's mine.

This Molteni Neo Primato is one of the best looking bikes I have ever seen. I like this paint scheme very much. It is on pair with that other Primato that I have recently seen on the net. Will try to find pic.....here it is :)
http://www.stiller-radsport.de/bilder/derosadez03/PICT2208.JPG
It is a dead race between two for me :)

This looks like team Gewiss colors not Molteni.

This Molteni Neo Primato is one of the best looking bikes I have ever seen. I like this paint scheme very much. It is on pair with that other Primato that I have recently seen on the net. Will try to find pic.....here it is :)
http://www.stiller-radsport.de/bilder/derosadez03/PICT2208.JPG
It is a dead race between two for me :)

You got me wrong...Molteni is the orange one, the one from bconneraz. :)
http://www.birfield.com/~morgan/images/bikes/merckx/catalog2-1.jpg

...by the dimple design in the fork crown.

You got me wrong...Molteni is the orange one, the one from bconneraz. :)
http://www.birfield.com/~morgan/images/bikes/merckx/catalog2-1.jpg

It might be, i just wanted to show the colors of Merckx and Molteni bike.
The fact is that DeRosa did make bikes for Merckx in an period of his racing and that they were painted that way.
In 1973. Eddy asked Ugo to become the official frame builder and mechanic for the Molteni team which he captained. The results were unprecedented as Merckx and his teammates won nearly all the major races including the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, Milano-San Remo and the World Championship. This partnership remained in effect until Merckx's retirement in 1978. In 1981 Eddy again called upon his former frame builder to be a technical consultant when he first set up his own bicycle manufacturing facility.
Another man who was heavily involved with Merckx throughout his career was Italian frame builder Ernesto Colnago, that's why it is Colnago on that pic.

lots of primatos are built this way. am i ignorant or those unicrowns give a lesser quality ride?

Here's mine.

Crap, that's gorgeous!