De Rosa SK Pininfarina
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I'm a Specialized boy all day long, but find this stunning!
I'm a Specialized boy all day long, but find this stunning!
No it's not.
Your so against the brand, it's amazing. I hadn't even read across to the right side of the thread title and no surprise to see your straight in with a dig at the brand! How you feel about De Rosa incidentally is exactly how I feel about Specialized. Have you ven ridden a De Rosa?
I think it's a lovely looking machine. I bet it rides like a dream too.
Exactly. Nothing that interesting about it when it's black with shallow wheels, and it would look like the Canyon with a dash of Giant Propel.
It will be overpriced and under specced like any other big brand though de rosa seem worse for this cashing in on people buying 'Italian'
It will be overpriced and under specced like any other big brand though de rosa seem worse for this cashing in on people buying 'Italian'
Edited by okgo on Thursday 27th August 09:09
tobinen said:
First thing I thought was 'Canyon' back end. Lovely bike bar the wheels, though I am a De Rosa fan. North of five figures I would imagine.
+1 Just looks like a curvier version. Aren't Pininfarina just a styling house anyway? Surely they'd be better getting some sort of aerodynamics based car outfit to take a look at it.
The cabling is horrendous, only comes with Super Record (yawn) and Pininfarina branded wheels, really? (and lets not forget Pininfarina is the styling house that brought us the StreetKa, the 205 Cabriolet and Shogun Pinin).
With the exception of Passoni (which many of the Fanboys have probably not heard of), I don't see what's so special about Italian bikes; particularly when they do carbon.
With the exception of Passoni (which many of the Fanboys have probably not heard of), I don't see what's so special about Italian bikes; particularly when they do carbon.
stongle said:
...(and lets not forget Pininfarina is the styling house that brought us the 205 Cabriolet)...
Woah there! Lets not forget that the 205 and 205 Cabrio were cracking cars! (the Pinin' Cabrio was a great looking little thing, especially in Roland Garros form). Lets not also forget Pininfarina is the styling house that brought us beautiful Ferraris including the 250GT Coupe, numerous stunning Fiats and Alfas along with Peugeots coupes and cabriolets 404, 504, 306 and 406!(amongst many other cars and 'other' projects) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and although I like this bike because it's well proportioned and the colours are quite funky I also recognise that it offers little in the way of totally 'unique' design. It's been said before and it'll be said again, how many variations on 'two triangles and a pair of forks can there be'?! Until you end up with something like Chris Boardman's Lotus Bike or Graham Obree's Hour Record frame nothing will look too different or revolutionary?!
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