De Rosa SK Pininfarina

De Rosa SK Pininfarina

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Jonnny

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29,387 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/is...



I'm a Specialized boy all day long, but find this stunning!

CoolC

4,213 posts

213 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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cloud9

okgo

37,841 posts

197 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Stick normal wheels and a black stem on it and it's any other bike.

Dizeee

18,166 posts

205 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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rofl

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.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Whilst I appreciate there isn't much you can do to make two triangles look that original, you have to admit it bears a strong resemblance to.....



Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 27th August 06:45

tobinen

9,178 posts

144 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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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.

okgo

37,841 posts

197 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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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'

Edited by okgo on Thursday 27th August 09:09

Fluffsri

3,161 posts

195 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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To be honest I prefer the orange paint scheme in the back ground lol

whatleytom

1,272 posts

182 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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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.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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I tried a De Rosa back in about 2003, head to head with a Colnago C40

The C40 pipped it for me as the De Rosa was just a bit too expensive for me then, but the De Rosa was a lovely thing, very well finished off too

Magic919

14,126 posts

200 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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I bet it literally flies.

Dizeee

18,166 posts

205 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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According to the link it will be well into five figures to purchase and will only come with super record gear variants.

stongle

5,910 posts

161 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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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.


m444ttb

3,160 posts

228 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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My local bike shop is a De Rosa dealer and they do look like lovely machines. oddly the one that catches my eye the most is a more regular ali framed bike. This one doesn't do much for me. Certainly less than the Trek Madone 9 from the other week.

JEA1K

2,484 posts

222 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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I couldn't comprehend riding or using a bike at that price .... I could get something custom built (in steel of course) with some decent finishing kit and Di2 for half the price that would probably be more special to me.

AyBee

10,522 posts

201 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Specialized work with McLaren (a technology company), De Rosa works with Pininfarina (a design house) - says it all to me!

okgo

37,841 posts

197 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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New cippolini looks very similar too zzzzzzzzzz

Banana Boy

467 posts

112 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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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) smile

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?!



okgo

37,841 posts

197 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Well we can be sure that if anyone is doing the innovating De Rosa will copy it a year later and treble the price #artisan

SixPotBelly

1,922 posts

219 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Banana Boy said:
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?!
At which point the UCI will ban it. :grrr: