I’ve been enamored by Battaglin’s ever-evolving fashionable chromed & lugged metal highway bikes for a number of years, however now the ultra-limited version 1984 pauses that development to mirror on how far they’ve come. This new Battaglin 1984 isn’t precisely a brand new highway bike. As an alternative, that is one final hurrah. A contemporary handmade Italian lugged metal rim brake highway bike to have fun the fortieth anniversary of Giovanni Battaglin’s retirement from skilled racing.
Someway, I really feel like this can be a nice strategy to look with contemporary eyes into a brand new 12 months…
Ltd. Giovanni Battaglin 1984 fashionable lugged metal rim brake highway bike
This tradition Battaglin 1984 is successfully an excellent restricted re-release of their discontinued Portofino. Debuted in 2019, the Portofino was the primary fashionable outsized tubing metal highway bike constructed with actual conventional lugs. Solely half a 12 months after its introduction Officina Battaglin gave it their signature deep shiny, coloured chrome Cromovelato end. That unique {custom} Portofino has since developed, first to disc brakes, then to completely built-in cable routing, then to a extra performance-oriented R highway model, then a gravel-leaning G model – all in severely restricted numbers annually from the {custom} Italian body store. It even spawned a barely easier batch manufacturing Palladio lugged highway bike to chop supply instances to only 4 weeks. However alas, they discontinued rim brakes a couple of years in the past.
But…
On the event of it being 40 years for the reason that 1981 Giro-Vuelta double Grand Tour winner’s retirement from skilled highway biking, his eponymous workshop determined to have fun by breaking out the torch, and making one dozen extra lugged metal rim brake bikes.
Sure, they’ll make simply 12 Battaglin 1984 frames.
“The 1984 is a tribute to the unforgettable moments of my racing profession. We needed to create one thing that displays the fervour and artistry of that period, however with a design that at the moment’s riders will love.”
– Giovanni Battaglin, founding father of Officina Battaglin and winner of the 1981 Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España.
Tech particulars
totally lugged and brazed metal body, made by hand in Marostica, Italy
custom-drawn Columbus HSS GB81 metal tubing, made only for Officina Battaglin
proprietary solid lugs manufactured in Italy
full carbon, tapered steerer rim brake highway fork
1.25-1.125″ tapered head tube
BSA threaded backside bracket
standard highway semi-internal routing by way of the toptube & downtube
700x28mm max tire clearance
conventional highway geometry, accessible in 7 commonplace or {custom} sizing
suitable with mechanical and digital groupsets
accessible within the Cromovelato chrome colour of your alternative
Rim-brake solely
Battaglin 1984 – Pricing, choices & availability
“We designed the 1984 to be a real collector’s merchandise, but additionally a motorbike to be ridden and loved. Like all Officina Battaglin’s restricted editions, it’s a celebration of my father’s legacy and the timeless great thing about metal craftsmanship.”
– Alex Battaglin, CEO of Officina Battaglin
Meant as an homage to all of the metal racing bikes which have led us to fashionable highway bikes, Battaglin makes solely 12 of the lugged metal, rim brake Battaglin 1984 framesets, on the market worldwide. They provide it in 7 inventory sizes, or for an extra price {custom} sizing is feasible, “with the geometry personally developed by Giovanni Battaglin himself“. And also you additionally get to choose your most popular Cromovelato colour, whether or not one thing flashy like Giro pink or extra muted like black or silver.
The 1984 frameset sells 4636€, together with VAT in Italy (or 3800€ with out tax for export). This whole bike construct with a Campagnolo Tremendous Document 12-speed mechanical rim brake gruppo, Campy Bora WTO 45 carbon wheels & Deda Superleggera ending equipment sells for 10,967€ (8990€ with out VAT).
These beauties are extremely restricted in quantity. So, if you actually need a shiny lugged metal rim brake bike handmade in Italy within the workshop of a a number of Grand Tour winner, possibly it’s best to snap one up shortly.
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