De Rosa Merak

sam1176uk

Here is my 2012 De Rosa Merak

Campag Veloce Groupset
Fulcrum Racing Quattro wheelset, debadged
Fizik Arione Saddle
Lizardskin tape
Conti GP4000s tyres

Thinking about adding either green bar tape or green tyres, to break up the all black theme, what do you think?

Not the best photo, apologies for the poor camerawork!

alihisgreat

Looks nice.. but you need to observe the OCP rules! http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40044&t=12618247

I quite like the look of the de-stickered Quattros too.. might do it with mine!

napoleond

But also take the warning stickers off

greasedscotsman

sam1176uk

The warning stickers are coming off, took me so long to take the Fulcrum ones off that I gave up by that stage!

napoleond

Dead quick with a hair dryer!!! Heat and peel, heat and peel. Takes about 1 minute per side on a mavic wheel, a bit more for fulcrum/campag

sam1176uk

Thanks, will give that a try!

napoleond

Take the tyres off first though!

diamonddog

Looks nice, wouldn't add any green though but hey it's your bike.

RideOnTime

Like the bottle holder...

canny_lad

Nice. Half black/half green bar tape for me to finish it off.

duckson

Some Vittoria Open Pave's would go nicely with the side green stripes.

http://www.vanillabikes.com/collections ... vo-cg-tyre

FransJacques

Finally, a De Rosa. My closet favourite framesmith of all time.

It looks perfect and would benefit from some much more in-focus pictures please.

Bars and brake leveers are set up perfectly! A lot of folks need to take note of the bar angle and the height of the levers and the resulting horisontal shelf created with zero transition from bar top to lever. This is how God intended it when She invented the velocipede.

Pave's are only for Flanders, Woodcote CX sportive, PR, and select others. They're too expensive and slow for what they are. Ultremos kick them to the kerb in most cases. I've been commuting on a 28mm ZX this winter with good results so far.

sam1176uk

Thanks for the comments, I will do my best to get some better photos!

I was thinking about these, with the green stripe, but it is hard to tell if the colours match up http://www.bikesheduk.com/schwalbe-ultr ... -bike-tyre

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fleshtuxedo

Great bike. Don't overco-ordinate and add more green - it's the ruin of many a nice bike. I think it's just right as it is...

You also know that coloured rubber grips less well than black? Coloured tyres are for dorks

matig0l

FleshTuxedo wrote:

Great bike. Don't overco-ordinate and add more green - it's the ruin of many a nice bike. I think it's just right as it is...

You also know that coloured rubber grips less well than black? Coloured tyres are for dorks

This ^

Lovely bike. Congrats.

gmb

Beautiful as it is - certainly doesn't need any more green.

IrishMac

Have a look at the Mowa and hope bits and bobs such as valve caps, stem bolt, bottle cage bolts etc. They look brilliant on any bike, without standing out too much like tyres/handlebar tape. Try to stick with one brand throughout though, several shades of green would look dodgy!

Wiggle also have Cinelli bar ends in whatever colour you like,(Green!)

There's plenty of green quick release skewers on the market too, but make sure you get internal cams

Deadly bike regardless! You just have to do it justice now

galatzo

Less is more as they say !
Step away from the coloured rubber and carry on riding.

littledove44

Gorgeous. The bag has to go though.
Rule #29.

Paul 8v

littledove44 wrote:

Gorgeous. The bag has to go though.
Rule #29.

I believe that is the no European Posterior man satchels rule?

Everything goes in the jersey pockets these days.

I'd leave the black tape or it will look like the Riddler's bike with green. Looks good as it is

FransJacques

IrishMac wrote:

Have a look at the Mowa and hope bits and bobs such as valve caps, stem bolt, bottle cage bolts etc. They look brilliant on any bike, without standing out too much like tyres/handlebar tape. Try to stick with one brand throughout though, several shades of green would look dodgy!

Wiggle also have Cinelli bar ends in whatever colour you like,(Green!)

There's plenty of green quick release skewers on the market too, but make sure you get internal cams

Deadly bike regardless! You just have to do it justice now

oi tink yer pooling his leg dere?

Why not some emerald shamrock stickers to boot? really confuse it with a 'Nag

New pics yet?

sam1176uk

Thanks for the comments and suggestions, they are taken on board and I have ditched the green tape/tyres idea! The Mowa stuff looks pretty funky, might pick up one or two bits and see how they look

Will get better pics organised asap..

sam1176uk

Is this a bit better...?

FransJacques

Even better now. Love the single cage, that's luxury. It just looks really well set up and ready for action.

The stem is intriguing, what is it? Looks like a 90 degree job.

Is it a reflection or are the spacers not black?

sam1176uk

Thanks Frans, the stem is just a cheap FSA 6 degree aluminium one, i am going to order a carbon stem and bars this week though
The spacers in the photo are polished aluminium, but have since been replaced with matte carbon ones last night, as well as the top cap!

IrishMac

@FransJacques That's what I'm aiming for http://bit.ly/1aF7gaS

To be fair though, they do look class when done right

I've my bike covered in red bolts, skewers, you name it

Lovely bike:)

RideOnTime

sam1176uk wrote:

Is this a bit better...?

yes....