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Bicycle Makers · Italy
Everything Ebykr holds on De Rosa: two articles, a Timeline of 17 dated events from 1934 to 2019 and 17 documents in the archive.
The history of De Rosa on Ebykr.


Ugo De Rosa, from his uncle's Milan workshop and his own firm of 1953 to the frames he built for Merckx and the steel and titanium his sons still refine.
Grouped by format, the most read first.

A timeline of De Rosa from Ugo's birth in Milan in 1934 and his shop of 1953 through Géminiani, Merckx and Molteni to titanium, aluminum and carbon.
Where De Rosa is named outside its own pages: three articles.
The articles that name De Rosa most often first.
…for the marque founded by Faliero Masi. Bianchi couldn't do that. Neither could De Rosa. Was it the magic of movie making, or was it simply the legend of a Masi? Either way, a nudge from Hollywood helped…
…same in 1988. In other words, the dropout outlived the group, somewhat sadly. In 1989, De Rosa offered its Professional SLX with "any Campagnolo or Shimano gruppo." For the first time in the archive, Campagnolo is…
…Bob Jackson and Hetchins did the same in 1988: the dropout outlived the group. In 1989 De Rosa offered its Professional SLX with "any Campagnolo or Shimano gruppo." For the first time in the Ebykr archive…
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