Storied Italian metal body builder Officina Battaglin has a brand new “Cromovelato For You” program designed to dramatically reduce the ready time – and costs – on their uniquely completed handmade trendy metal street and gravel bikes. Now you will 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 alternative of 12 tinted chrome colours. And Battaglin will ship your custom-finished bike in lower than 4 weeks.
Plus, in the event you nonetheless have to go full {custom}, they’re blissful to tug out all of the stops. However simply 99 full {custom} construct slots might be obtainable throughout all disciplines for the yr. So act quick to safe your spot within the queue…
Battaglin Cromovelato For You, custom-finished Italian metal
Why not full {custom}?
With a traditional large centimeter-spaced vary of inventory body sizes, Battaglin realized that the majority of their bespoke body prospects 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 entails mirror sharpening uncooked metal body tubes, then brazing/welding a body, then re-polishing the entire body, then chrome-plating all the body. Then, extra sharpening, then including a translucent layer of tinted coloured paint on prime, and sharpening some extra. The result’s a coloured chrome Cromovelato end with a shininess and depth that’s onerous to grasp till you see it. Then, Battaglin tops it off with handpainted logos, particulars, and a remaining clearcoat.
It’s a laborious course of, however one which Battaglin has perfected during the last 4 a long time.
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 shade alternative and remaining element portray to swimsuit the client. 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 mix of lugged, fillet-brazed, and welded building. It options solid head and seat lugs which can be 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 patrons get to choose the Cromovelato shade of their alternative from Battaglin’s 12-color palette. Body and fork are completed collectively in matching shade, 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 era Energy+ EVO fairly 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 hold 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 end result, it patrons get to choose both a white, grey, or black physique paint shade, with 1 of 12 custom-tinted Cromovelato colours displaying via on the toptube panel, the seatstays, and peeking via within the downtube emblem. This extra restricted extent of Cromovelato (not on the welded joints) helps hold sharpening time down, so Battaglin can decrease the price of entry.
The brand new Battaglin Pavé gravel bike encompasses 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 below the downtube cage mounts.
Battaglin describes the Pavé geometry as “trendy 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
For those who 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 might be produced in 2024. The break up between the 2 will rely fully 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 yr.
New Battaglin Premium Associate Bike Outlets
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 via a neighborhood boutique bike store. And the concept that a neighborhood store may supply your {custom} construct equipment whereas Battaglin constructed your {custom} or semi-custom frameset.
Battaglin remains to be engaged on fleshing out a worldwide community of premium companion outlets. However we anticipate to see round 25 outlets in key cities and nations all over the world the place you may 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 listing of Battaglin Associate Outlets, and can hold our eyes peeled for them.
