De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 Reviews

Review score: 9.4/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £999.99 – Save 59% (RRP: £2449.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 worthy of a review score of 9.4 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – De Rosa
• Videos
• Summary
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De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Road Frames. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020.

The first thing is material. Looking at what De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Road Frames. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Road Frames. Brands like De Rosa are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Road Frames category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Road Frames.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £999.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Road Frames

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Road Frames.

We found 21 in the Road Frames category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £919.28, making it above average at £999.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Road Frames. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1994.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £139.99.

With 21 products available we worked out that 7 cost more than De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 and 12 were cheaper.

Cost of De Rosa products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 7 products from De Rosa, of which 5 were in the Road Frames category.

For now though we’re looking at De Rosa branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £1749.71 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest De Rosa product we found was £799.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £3599.00.

Of the 7 from De Rosa, 4 were more expensive than De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 and 1 were cheaper.

How much are De Rosa Road Frames?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at De Rosa products that are listed in the Road Frames category.

The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £1137.99, with the cheapest coming in at £799.99 and highest price was £1449.99. With the average being £1137.99, De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 comes in below average.

2 products that meet this search were more expensive than De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 and 1 were cheaper.

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De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Road Frames category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.8 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 or another similar product, like De Rosa Idol Disc Road Frame 2020 reviews or De Rosa Nick Road Frame 2020 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Road Frames.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Road Frames. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with De Rosa, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020 reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of De Rosa Idol Road Frame 2020. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.4/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 27294570591
• Product ID 2: 799541UK
• Brand: De Rosa
• Model number: DA GR 191 A GR 196
• RRP: £2449.99
• EAN: 5056389367741
• Description: De Rosa Idol Road FramesetWith the return of its Idol model, De Rosa has breathed new life into a legend of the past but revamped it for the modern day. The Idol Disc Frameset is constructed from Hi-Modulus carbon fibre it offers Italian road racing quality, stunning looks a very low weight.De Rosa Unique Arc Slope Frame GeometryIn addition to the Idol frameset’s high-quality construction, its tubing adopts a unique “Arc Slope” flowing tube shaping on the top tube and down tube. This design helps to soak up and disperse unwanted road vibrations to give you a more predictable, controlled and comfortable ride.Features: Frame: Blend of T1000 (70%) and T800 (30%) Carbon Fibre Fork: Blend of T1000 (70%) and T800 (30%) Carbon Fibre, tapered steerer Dropouts: QR Headset Size: 1 1/8″-1 1/4″ Brake Type: Caliper Rim Brake Bottom Bracket Type: BB386EVO Required Seatpost Size: Integrated Cable Routing: Internal Bottle Cage Mounts: Double Optimum blend of comfort and rigidity Increased stiffness and power transfer Size-specific geometry Well balanced ergonomic fit for every rider in every size “Arc Slope” tube profiles help to absorb unwanted vibrations Oversized BB and down tube Weight: 1.62 kg (frame and fork)Buy De Rosa Frames & Forks from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Frames & Forks > Road Frames
• Savings percentage from RRP: 59%
• Size: 52cm (20.5″)
• Unisex
• 1450
• Adult

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