I have been looking for an early De Rosa for along time. They are very hard to find and very expensive when they do show up. I finally decided I would just have to pay the cost of entry. Since I don't mind restorations when this frame came available on one of the forums I frequent I went for it.
Since a frame like this deserves a top notch build I tried to source everything as period correct as I could. Luckily I already had most of the components. I used:
- Campagnolo no date 170mm Nuovo Record crankset (from personal inventory),
- Campagnolo Nuovo Record PATENT-72 rear derailleur (from personal inventory),
- Campganolo Record front derailleur with no circlip on top pivot (from personal inventory),
- Regina NOS chain (from personal inventory),
- Regina Oro freewheel (from personal inventory),
- Campagnolo 1037 pedals (Ebay),
- wheelset consisting of Campagnolo Record high flange hubs and Super Champion Medaille D'Or rims (from personal inventory),
- Campagnolo Record brakes and levers, early 70s (from personal inventory),
- Campagnolo NR seat post (from personal inventory),
- Cinelli Unicanitor saddle (Ebay),
- Cinelli "Milano" 1A stem (Ebay),
- Cinelli Giro D'Italia bars (old style) (BikeForums),
- repro globe hoods (Ebay).
I decided to polish the crank, seatpost, stem, bars, shifters and brakes.
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