Description
Ugo De Rosa is certainly one of the best frame builders of all time. Not only did he supply many champions with his high-end bicycles (Gianni Motta, Eddy Merckx and Francesco Moser, just to name a few).
He simply manufactured masterpieces and through them strongly influenced the cycling industry. In his dominant years of the 1970s, his top model was the De Rosa Strada Record the later versions of which are often also referred to as the De Rosa Super Prestige, later followed by the Professional and finally by the De Rosa Neo Primato.
Italian Ugo De Rosa built bikes for Big Ted for most of his career, and when Merckx retired and went into frame-building, it was De Rosa who showed him around the jig and brazing torch.
Bike technology has come a long way in 30 years – the latest carbon frames are half the weight of those ridden by the pros in the 1970s – but recently there’s been a revival of interest in steel, with a new generation of cyclists looking back to the era of Eddy Merckx for style and inspiration. For those people, the De Rosa Neo Primato is a perfect fit.
Made from Dedacciai Zero Uno tubing and weighing 1.7kg, it has both the sought-after feel of steel and the look of the golden era of cycling. It’s an elegant, slim frame with classic clean lines. For added authenticity, the Neo Primato comes with a steel fork – a rarity on a modern drop-bar bike.
This bike if fitted with a Campagnolo Red & Black Centaur Groupset with matching Racing Quattro wheels