2016 fillet brazed DeRosa

[Villgaxx]

that fork with that crown are off the frakkin' hook. i can't believe how amazing that frame with that fork is. i also can't believe they're makin' them.

[Steve in SLO]

Threaded, flat crown fork, quill stem?

[velofinds]

Originally Posted by zmudshark

It's a De Rosa ﾂg? with all sorts of symbols that don't copy well , and it is steel. It sits between the Corum and Neo Classico in the lineup.

Interesting. Pardon the dumb question, but what about the Age would place it beneath the Nuovo Classico in the De Rosa hierarchy?

Edit: you weren't kidding about the symbols.

[zmudshark]

Originally Posted by leegf

Interesting. Pardon the dumb question, but what about the Age would place it beneath the Nuovo Classico in the De Rosa hierarchy?

Edit: you weren't kidding about the symbols.

Below Corum, above Nuovo Classico, price-wise.

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by gomango

I'm watching this one.

If it's still in the line up next year I would consider it.

I could see one next summer when the college tuition bills ease for a couple of years.

Better yet buy one now and tell the boys they are paying you for it when they're employed.

[oliver1850]

Originally Posted by leegf

Interesting. Pardon the dumb question, but what about the Age would place it beneath the Nuovo Classico in the De Rosa hierarchy?

Edit: you weren't kidding about the symbols.

Interesting question. I'd guess the cost of the lugs and chroming offsets the extra labor involved in fillet brazing, or perhaps fillets don't actually require that much more labor.

[mvrider]

Originally Posted by leegf

Looks outstanding. More here:

http://ysroad.co.jp/shinjuku-custom/2016/01/29/1759

Yowza.

How funny, I happened to visit 3 Y's Road stores in Tokyo today, though not the one in Shinjuku.

I'd like to offer one counterpoint to the lust over DeRosa finish work. I did see a Titanio at the Akasaka store, and though the welds looked great, the decals made the frame look really cheap. It's miles behind the standards set by Firefly and other Ti builders.

[ultraman6970]

De rosa is not the same than years ago.

[gomango]

Originally Posted by oliver1850

Better yet buy one now and tell the boys they are paying you for it when they're employed.

Clear thinking sir!