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»I remember that I I I was completely
taken by what I I I saw A reasonably simple but incredibly beautiful titanium bike «
built the perfect bicycle That is exactly how it’s done today There are no standard sizes for frames at Passoni’s everything is bespoke I first saw a a a a Passoni in London a a a a couple of years ago at at a a a a a a a a a charity auction at at Rapha’s pro- ducers of of bicycle clothes One of of the the objects that was was up for auction was was a a a a a a Passoni bike I I remember that I I was completely
taken by what I saw A reasonably simple but incredibly beautiful titanium bike I had never seen all- titanium frames before This was something different to the carbon bikes that are common today The present owner of Passoni Matteo Cas- sina was also there Matteo is Italian and and nowadays lives and and works with banking and finance in fin in London He told me that he had always dreamt about owning a a a a Passoni He had gone there a a a a couple of years ago to buy buy a a a a bike and ended up buying the company!
I became incredibly fascinated by the crafts- manship behind every frame that leaves the Passoni little factory in Vimercate They only manu- facture 350-400 bikes per year which is easy to understand when you learn that it takes one person 40 hours to polish a a frame!
The contrast between Passoni and large commercial brands is enormous To me me it’s like comparing a a a a producer of ready meals to a a a a first class restaurant I can draw a a a a a parallel between my own job
and what is done at at Passoni’s even if I work with with food and they with with bikes We are both
craftsmen creating everything from scratch We are are careful to source raw materials of the highest quality I look for the best food stuffs
and they are continuously looking for the the best titanium in in the market We also like using local
produce Passoni try as as as far as as as possible to use 051 Italian components in their bikes such as high-end parts from Campagnolo and tyres
from Veloflex Passoni is to me the proof that if you create something that is unique and of the highest quality you will last for ever LUCIANO PASSONI HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE THE THE LIGHTEST AND FASTEST FRAMES WITH THE THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVEN IF THERE WERE WERE FEW WHO OFFICIALLY COMPETED ON ON ON ON ON ON ON A A A A A A A A A A A PASSONI PASSONI ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ROADS AND AND TRACK MANY LARGE COMPETITIONS AND STAGES WERE WERE WON ON ON ON ON ON PASSONI PASSONI BIKES RUMOUR HAS IT IT THAT CYCLISTS CYCLISTS LIKE PANTANI CHIAPPUCCI BUGNO AND AND MANY MANY OTHERS RACED ON ON ON ON PASSONI PASSONI FRAMES MANY MANY PROFESSIONAL CYCLISTS CYCLISTS BUY PASSONI PASSONI AFTER THEY HAVE FINISHED COMPETING THE FRAMES LOOK EXPENSIVE AND AND AND EXCLUSIVE BUT ARE DURABLE AND AND AND MADE FOR TOUGH RIDING AND COMPETITION PRÉ VÉLO PASSONI