DeRosa Protos or SK Pininfarina or King XS Frameset?

[racersir]

hi I'm thinking about getting one of this 2 frames for my next build. It will be a bike that I will mostly used on flat racing days and maybe some olympic triathlons along the way. Any opinions on these frames? Since the SK is a new frame there's not much info on them out there. I was also looking at the King XS. I'm looking at the DeRosa frames only cause I can get a dealer price on them. Any thoughts? Thanks

[mariovalentim]

Flat and Tri puts an emphasis on aero so the obvious answer would be the SK as per this blurb on their page
http://www.derosanews.com/english/DEROS ... _Aria.html

For those who want to racing, for those who want to do thriathlon, for those who are pretentious.

ps: pretentious?!

[ianSWBB]

SK Pininfarina would be the one for me - especially for flat fast rides!!

[kgt]

+1
King XS is a rather "old" model already.

[racersir]

I still would love to see some real reviews of the SK frame no way for me to test one to find out how it rides. That's what is holding me back. I also do some long group rides 160km+ about once a month. So I definetly want a frameset that I can take on those ride also

[tinozee]

I like the look of the King way better, but I would never ride it with aero bars. I did have a sky blue convertible Pininfarina car in my 20s, that thing was a chick magnet.

[kgt]

Protos is a great frame as well and the sexiest one IMO.

[joepac]

SK Pininfarina would be the one for me - especially for flat fast rides!!

This bike is amazingly sexy. The blue one speaks to me, and I'm normally a black and red guy. And with a frame weight <1100g it wouldn't be the worst climber ever