De Rosa - Giro d’Italia - Make-over 

Thanks for your feedback Don, much appreciated. I have to agree with you, De Rosa made some of the best steel bikes on the planet. I own a lovely old red SLX frame as well with a full Dura-Ace 7400 groupset on it👌🏼

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It’s a pleasure, glad you enjoyed the video and all the best with your restoration projects 👍🏼

Thanks for the kind words and support 🙌🏼

Thank you 👍🏼 That Primato is high up on the list of “Bikes I’d love to own” 🤩

@@BuffsVintageBikes You did not say, but was that DeRosa an aftermarket paint job? If it was made for the Pro Team, I would have thought it would not be a painted over frame, as it appeared to be. Looked like it had 2 layer of differing paint schemes.

@@rayF4rio I don’t think it was a Pro bike but rather a tribute paint scheme they offered at the time to resemble the pro teams colours.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏼👍🏼

Thank you for the feedback and kind works Kevin, thrilled to hear you enjoyed the video 👍🏼

Thank you Peter. Indeed, one needs to be super careful with the thinner tubing 👍🏼

Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed the build 👍🏼

Thank you, I’m not sure I deserve such a high accolade but I appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoyed the video 🙏🏼👍🏼

Thank you, this one sure turned out a dream bike, I was sad to see it leave my workshop.

@@BuffsVintageBikes 😣

Thanks for the kind words, glad to hear you’re enjoying the content 🙏🏼👍🏼

Thanks for the support Marcus and enjoy your Christmas in South Africa 👍🏼

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😁 glad to hear, thank you for the support 🙏🏼🙌🏼

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the support 👍🏼

Thank you and you’re absolutely right of course, these bikes were built with a touch of passion and elegance. Only those that take the time and effort to take them out for a quality ride will truly understand 👌🏼👍🏼

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Thank you 🙏🏼 Sounds like a great bike and one worth investing some time and effort into, good luck with the resto 👍🏼

Thanks Andre, jy weet mos 👊🏼👍🏼

Thanks for the kind words, we’ll get there eventually I’m sure 😁👍🏼

Thank you Michel, to you and your loved ones as well 🎅👍🏼

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼

Thank you for your kind words, I’m really glad you enjoyed the video 🙏🏼👍🏼

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Thanks. Agreed, the owner was going to change the headset for something more suitable as soon as he found one 👍🏼

Thanks Dino, appreciated 👍🏼 Have a blessed Christmas as well 🎅

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼 Congrats on your purchase, that’s a great price for an SLX De Rosa 😱👏🏼

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Thank you Igor, I appreciate the kind words 👍🏼

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Thank you!

Thanks Marc, I appreciate the feedback, glad to hear you’re enjoying it 👍🏼

A match made in heaven 😁👍🏼

Thanks so much and I’ll try put a few more group ride vids together in the new year 👍🏼

Thanks Anton, hopefully I can get that Benotto pursuit frame looking just as good 👍🏼

Thanks Wynand 👍🏼

Glad you like it! 😊

Thanks mate, hopefully your Colnago looks as good once complete 👊🏼👍🏼

People wonder why paintwork is expensive, such great work sir

Thanks Noel, I appreciate the kind words. I’m still very much new to the art of painting but learning with every frame I do. It’s a time intensive hobby and it certainly gave me a clearer understanding of why painters charge what they currently do.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video 👍🏼

Thanks Philip, Merry Christmas to you and your family as well 👍🏼

Thanks Kevin, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼

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Thanks Patrick 👍🏼

I feel the same way 😁👍🏼

Thanks for the kind words and the continued support of the channel, it’s very much appreciated. Have a blessed Christmas 🎅 👍🏼

Thanks you and welcome 🙏🏼 👍🏼

Thanks Mark and I’m glad you’re getting something out of the videos 👍🏼 Have a blessed Christmas 🎅

Thank you, glad you’re enjoying the content 👍🏼 Many of the earlier De Rosa’s had square shouldered crowns but the Giro d’Italia in EL came with a unicorn fork, as did the Bianchi EL of the same era. I should add, much to the disgust of many purists who believe the standard forks to have a more classic look although possibly slightly heavier.

"Many Italian built framesets look nice. But few look like this without paint." Based on what? How many have you seen without paint?

Thanks John, I’m looking forward to see how you dress it up, you always have the most amazing components 👌🏼👍🏼

Thank you Martin, glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos 👍🏼 I chose the colour off a swatch at my local paint supplier, the code was BE6312 but I unfortunately can’t remember the manufacturers name.

Thanks a lot buff

Thank you, wishing you a wonderful and successful 2023 as well 👍🏼 No, the axle worked out perfectly but I did pick up a problem trying to run a 28 sprocket on the rear with Chorus. Even with an extended B screw I struggled to get clearance between the sprocket and the upper derailleur wheel. On Shimano this isn’t normally a problem.

Thank you 👍🏼 Spray guns are very much a personal thing and which is best really only comes from experience. I’m learning all the time. I’ve got 4 different guns which I often use for different stages. Best advice I can give is go for mini guns as they help get into tight places in the triangles. For primer and clear coat you want a needle nozzle combo of around 1.2mm as the paint is thicker. For base coat I use an Iwata LPH80 with a 0.8mm nozzle as the paint is often thinner. This is like using a large airbrush and allows you to use it for a range of applications, from full frame painting right down to airbrushing fine text details.

Thank you for the kind words and welcome to my channel 🙏🏼👍🏼

Thanks Thomas. We find them pretty much all over SA. There’s still plenty gems hidden away in garages gathering dust just waiting to be set free on the road again 😁

@@BuffsVintageBikes I guess you know where to look! Glad you've gotten your hands on some awesome bikes :)

Thanks 👍🏼 I use multiple spray guns depending on primer, base or clear but a 1.2 nozzle is normally fine for a bike frame.

To be replaced when a suitable replacement is found. Quality and affordable vintage parts are hard to come by in SA.

The dent wasn’t bad enough to have deformed the area around it so rolling it out wasn’t necessary

Grazie 👍🏼 The owner of the bike ordered the stickers from Cyclomondo in Australia and had them shipped to me.

All that was available at that time, they have since been changed 👍🏼

@@BuffsVintageBikes cool!

Good question… that was the original headset that was on the bike. I planned to replace it with a better Stronglight or Campag headset but the stack hight was too high for the steerer length as it had been cut for the 105 so I was forced to reuse it until the owner can find a flatter Campag headset.