De Rosa Bikes

De Rosa have been making top end Road BicyclesOther Teams from the 1960s who rode De Rosa
since the 1950s and are firmly established as one ofcycles include the Tbac Team and Max Majer Team.
the worlds premium Road Bike makers. De RosaBy the late 1960s De Rosa was being courted by a
bicycles are an Italian based cycle maker thenumber of the bigger teams to design and build Racing
company having been started by Ugo DeRosa in theBikes culminating in 1973 when the Molteni Cycle Team
early 1950s when he opened his first cycle shopand its world famous cyclist Eddie Merckx rode De
specifically for the sale of racing bikes. Ugo DeRosaRosa Bikes.
had a long interest in cycling from an early age beingThe Molteni team rode all the Great races including the
born in 1934 in Milan, Italy. A keen cycle racer from hisTour De France and Milan-San-Remo. This further
early years Ugo De Rosa became interested in theincreased the profile of DeRosa and greatly added to
mechanics, design and engineering of Road Cyclesthe DeRosa order Books.
and after attending technical college and opening hisDeRosa Bicycles are now one of the highest rated
first De Rosa cycle shop in Milan, Italy Startedand highest profile producers of Road Cycles and
designing and the making of Road Bicycle frameshave remained a fixture amongst the Pro Cycle Circuit
specifically for the high end Road racing elite. In 1958ever since. Current Top models produced by the
Ed Rosa had gained such a reputation for his Roadexcellent DeRosa brand are the DeRosa King
Cycle Frames that he was commissioned to build aAnd DeRosa Idol. Both full carbon bikes and the
Racing Bike by the famous Italian cyclist RaphaelDeRosa Titanio, which as the name implies is made
Germiniani for the upcoming Giro de'Italia. This quicklyusing high quality Titanium.
led to a greater interest in De Rosa Race Cycles fromIf your looking for a top quality Road bike with a
the top teams and riders of the day and by the earlywealth of history and technical know how and a
1960s DeRosa Bicycles were common place in thepassion for producing bicycles of the very highest
professional cycle peloton in all the worlds great cyclespecification utilising cutting edge technology and
races and cycle tours. The Italian Faema Pro Cycleincorporating style. Then DeRosa cycles are among
Team was the first to ride DeRosa made Road Bikes.the very best.