Basso

Shop Basso bikes and components at Swinnerton Cycles. Basso is a prestigious Italian bicycle brand with a rich racing heritage, producing hand-crafted road, gravel, and time trial bikes that combine Italian design flair with modern performance engineering. Founded in Bassano del Grappa in 1977, Basso has been at the forefront...

Shop Basso bikes and components at Swinnerton Cycles. Basso is a prestigious Italian bicycle brand with a rich racing heritage, producing hand-crafted road, gravel, and time trial bikes that combine Italian design flair with modern performance engineering. Founded in Bassano del Grappa in 1977, Basso has been at the forefront of Italian cycling for nearly five decades, building bikes that are as beautiful as they are fast.

Every Basso frame is designed and manufactured in Italy, using premium carbon fibre and aluminium to create bikes that deliver an exceptional ride feel. From the race-ready Diamante to the versatile Palta gravel bike, Basso offers a range of models to suit different riding styles and ambitions.

  • Premium Italian road bikes with race-proven geometry
  • Gravel bikes for adventure and mixed-terrain riding
  • Time trial and triathlon frames for aerodynamic performance
  • Hand-crafted in Italy with premium carbon and aluminium
  • Basso-specific components and accessories
  • Stems, seatpost spares, and frame accessories

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11 tubes, tools, a desire to create, and an order for one very large racing frame. From these few elements grew the first of what would become many labors of love for Alcide Basso. The company he grew from little more than a garage, his love for cycling, and a desire to create lasting works of art capable of offering a better experience in the saddle.  From humble beginnings to a prestigious present, the Basso brand maintains the same spirit from which the first frame was born: continuously innovate and research new methods to create a better frame, challenging conventional practices and developing new ones, to make the best frame and, consequentially, the best riding experience possible.

A better experience atop the saddle isn't quantifiable and must be experienced to appreciate. Better handling, reliable and exciting performance, and a ride quality that leaves you feeling inspired to ride further, harder and faster can’t be measured on a scale. As such, Basso doesn’t seek to develop the lightest bikes but rather the lightest bike that can ride as a Basso should.
 
At Basso, it is all about the ride. There most certainly exist lighter bikes, more aero bikes, but none that ride, handle and inspire like a Basso. Every fiber in its construction, every angle in its geometry, and every shape of every tube in a Basso frame is designed around the never-ending quest to produce a total ride experience that redefines the joy in performance cycling. #ridebetterridebasso
As with any TRUE Italian product, merely being functional in its intended task is never enough. A design that stands the test of time and evokes emotion is one that is flawless in performance but goes about that performance with a style, class, and elegance that has no expiration date. Every Basso frame is painstakingly produced to not only perform but do so exceptionally and in an elegant manner. The Basso frame is functionally beautiful and beautifully functional and as such represents a timeless beauty destined to age gracefully and turn heads for years to come. Performance and craftsmanship never go out of style. The elegant, sober, and classic design is appreciable indefinitely. Combining the two is the Basso way.
Quality isn't judged merely on performance but also on reliability. Basso produces racing frames that are made to compete and made to win. What sets the Basso frame apart from its competition however is the fact that its exceptional performance characteristics are built-in and built to last. The most extreme testing ground for any cycling product is the hard-nosed racing environment and the Basso frame is made to excel, time and time again under the most severe conditions and extreme stress. Not to be fooled by its elegant exterior, our finely crafted frames are carefully constructed to ensure the same performance after several seasons of racing as they did on their first ride. Whether you race or simply ride hard you can feel confident in the fact that your Basso frame can handle anything that you can put into it or in front of it…time and time again. Made for racing, ready for anything, the Basso frame represents performance for life.
In a world in which the consumer has hundreds of choices between brands and models of any given product, cycling related or not, we find ourselves in the priviledged position to be able to choose not only amongst quality but to purchase something that speaks to our soul for whatever reason that may be. The Basso frame stands out from the multitude thanks to its authenticity. It is more than merely an Italian name on a down tube but rather one of the few products available that represent something more, something real. An Italian frame, made in Italy, made by Basso.