Storied Italian metal body builder Officina Battaglin has a brand new “Cromovelato For You” program designed to dramatically minimize the ready time – and costs – on their uniquely completed handmade fashionable metal street and gravel bikes. Now you may get their signature immaculately shiny Cromovelato end – on both the brand new lugged metal Palladio street bike or new laser-welded metal Pavé gravel bike framesets in inventory geometry – and in your selection of 12 tinted chrome colours. And Battaglin will ship your custom-finished bike in lower than 4 weeks.
Plus, for those who nonetheless have to go full {custom}, they’re glad to tug out all of the stops. However simply 99 full {custom} construct slots can be obtainable throughout all disciplines for the 12 months. So act quick to safe your spot within the queue…
Battaglin Cromovelato For You, custom-finished Italian metal
Why not full {custom}?
With a basic broad centimeter-spaced vary of inventory body sizes, Battaglin realized that the majority of their bespoke body clients didn’t really want absolutely {custom} geometry. However what they actually saved coming again for was that {custom} Cromovelato end.
This distinctive multi-step ending course of includes mirror sprucing uncooked metal body tubes, then brazing/welding a body, then re-polishing the whole body, then chrome-plating the complete body. Then, extra sprucing, then including a translucent layer of tinted coloured paint on high, and sprucing some extra. The result’s a coloured chrome Cromovelato end with a shininess and depth that’s exhausting to know till you see it. Then, Battaglin tops it off with handpainted logos, particulars, and a last clearcoat.
It’s a laborious course of, however one which Battaglin has perfected during the last 4 many years.
Now by providing the Cromovelato For You program, Battaglin can produce the inventory dimension frames of their workshop in Marostica, Italy in small manufacturing batches. Then, end all of them to the ‘uncooked’ chrome stage. After which, every body waits for the ultimate coloration selection and last element portray to go well with the customer. You get an individually custom-finished metal bike, 100% made-in-Italy. All at a cheaper price than full {custom}, and delivered in weeks, not months.
Battaglin Palladio, new Cromovelato For You metal street bike
The fast-custom street bike is a brand new lugged metal Palladio mannequin developed primarily based on Battaglin’s Portofino R. The bike is constructed from a custom-drawn Columbus GB81 metal tubeset, in a combination of lugged, fillet-brazed, and welded building. It options forged head and seat lugs which are left in polished chrome, and a welded backside bracket round a T47 threaded BB.
The bike options an outsized tapered headtube with a tapered steerer Columbus full carbon fork, typical semi-internal cable routing for mechanical or digital groupsets, and is disc brake solely with max 700c x 32mm tire clearance.
Battaglin describes the Palladio geometry as “conventional street”, with 7 inventory sizes obtainable. Framesets promote for 4000€. And consumers get to select the Cromovelato coloration of their selection from Battaglin’s 12-color palette. Body and fork are completed collectively in matching coloration, with chrome lugs, white logos, and the handpainted Italian tricolore flag.
Battaglin Pavé, new Cromovelato For You metal gravel bike
The gravel Pavé can also be an all-new bike, though this one appears to take extra inspiration from the earlier technology Energy+ EVO moderately than the lugged Portofino G. The all-new Pavé additionally makes use of a custom-drawn Columbus GB81 metal tubeset created to Officina Battaglin’s specs. However right here it makes use of a brand new laser TIG welding course of that Battaglin has refined for much less warmth stress on the body tubes throughout building.
Battaglin developed the welded Pavé gravel bike to assist preserve costs down – it’s 25% cheaper than the Palladio. It makes use of an easier end that mixes typical opaque paint with the multi-layer, multi-step Cromovelato.
The outcome, it consumers get to select both a white, grey, or black physique paint coloration, with 1 of 12 custom-tinted Cromovelato colours displaying by on the toptube panel, the seatstays, and peeking by within the downtube emblem. This extra restricted extent of Cromovelato (not on the welded joints) helps preserve sprucing time down, so Battaglin can decrease the price of entry.
The brand new Battaglin Pavé gravel bike includes a straight outsized headtube with exterior 1.5″ headset cups that permit for absolutely built-in inside cable routing, mechanical or digital, however the body is 1x solely. The disc brake solely gravel bike will get a T47 threaded backside bracket, a 30.9mm seatpost, a UDH dropout, and clearance for 700x 50mm tires. Plus, 2-position cage mount on the highest of the downtube, direct-mount toptube bag, and beneath the downtube cage mounts.
Battaglin describes the Pavé geometry as “fashionable gravel race”, with 6 inventory sizes obtainable. Framesets, together with the color-matched curvy Deda Elementi carbon gravel bikepacking fork, promote for simply 3000€. Once more shipped from Battaglin’s workshop in lower than 4 weeks.
Full {custom}, too, however just for 99 street and gravel bikes in 2024
Should you actually nonetheless want full customization, Officina Battaglin can and can nonetheless do this, too. However solely 99 full {custom} geometry, full {custom} end street Portofino R and gravel Portofino G bikes can be produced in 2024. The break up between the 2 will rely totally on {custom} buyer demand. Typical full {custom} framesets promote for round 6000€, and builds often take round 6 months.
Act quick to get a construct slot, or wait till subsequent 12 months.
New Battaglin Premium Accomplice Bike Retailers
A part of the thought for the Cromovelato For You custom-finished framesets was additionally about making it simpler to purchase a Officina Battaglin bike by an area boutique bike store. And the concept that an area store might supply your {custom} construct package whereas Battaglin constructed your {custom} or semi-custom frameset.
Battaglin continues to be engaged on fleshing out a world community of premium accomplice retailers. However we count on to see round 25 retailers in key cities and nations world wide the place you possibly can see a {custom} metal Battaglin bike before you purchase, whether or not you go for a Cromovelato For You frameset or a full {custom} construct. We’re curious to see a full record of Battaglin Accomplice Retailers, and can preserve our eyes peeled for them.
