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De Rosa
#1 · July 4, 2026, 10:50 pm
Ugo De Rosa's five decades of frame craft, from a Milan workshop to the Eddy Merckx and Molteni years, are as storied as any Italian marque's. Our De Rosa resource collection traces this legacy from steel through titanium, aluminum and carbon.
Contribution Guidelines:
Model Identification: Post photos of the heart-shaped lug cutouts and seat clusters that mark a genuine De Rosa.
The Merckx Connection: Help us document De Rosa frames built during the Molteni sponsorship years.
Material Era: Discuss the shift from steel (pre-1991) through titanium, aluminum and carbon.
Easy opener: Steel, titanium or carbon — which De Rosa era speaks to you?