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New De Rosa King 3 RS

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Category: De Rosa

Published on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 21:27

Written by Luca Salvatelli

De Rosa has chosen the Giro d'Italia in order to debut a new frame King 3 RS. For the moment only a few athletes, including Di Luca and Petacchi, have the new frame that will debut in officially to next Eurobike. The new frame, according to the mechanics of Team LPR Brake-Farnese Vini, is 15% lighter and 18% stiffer, even if, having received only a few days before the start of the Giro,

 have not had time to actually check the actual reduction in weight compared to the old model. "Voices" provide a weight of just 800 grams for the frame with no fork. By the time the bike was assembled with the Campagnolo Super Record 11v, whereas previously the group used was Record 11v. The new frame is different for a different composition of the carbon fiber, which is always High Modulus 1K and a different design and implementation of the main tubes of the frame. The tube is completely different in section and in diameter. Unlike the dinghy steering and its union with the main tubes of the frame, otherwise, in the section and the diameter, the top tube. Still new to the union between the upper tubes and the rear top tube and still different area of the bottom bracket and the rear. Aesthetically the same, however, the fork. Another is the neglect of the internal passage of the cables, back now in the classical external position.