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The love for style and elegance and beauty, so cally Italian, artisanal way. 43 Milano, A Bespoke FROM THE DESIGN
present in the italian culture, is showed looking Bicycle Company, is a place for the bicycle con- TO THE MODEL.
at 43 Milano. Common to all of their designs noisseur, a place where “bikes are considered HOW AN IDEA TAKES
for bicycles products is the desire to position in their royalty, elegance and superb style, as a FORM. THE MAKING
the products at the highest level in terms of tool to be in perfect contact with nature,” accor- OF BIKE FRAMES
functionality, materials, workmanship, and detail ding to owner Alberto Crivellenti. This unique AND ACCESSORIES
IS BASED ON
work. Projects arise from a particular interest in Italian company creates bespoke and limited INSPIRATION AND
themes that are not the result of a direct order, edition braze-welded steel cycles, which can be INTUITION.
whose realization are not subject to pressure enhanced with hand-sewn alligator, ostrich, or
and thus have a correspondingly experimental deerskin detailing. They also make several stylish
character. They started out in the luxury indu- eco-friendly cycles (powered by a lithium bat-
stry for men but then started to think of bicycles tery when you are not pedaling). There are three
also as a lifestyle trend item, an item they could models that have been popular in the past years:
propose to our buyers for window displays and the single-speed men’s bicycle with crocodile
special events. After a few years, they started leather accessories, the woman’s city bike with
realizing that the bicycles themselves could be oversize, hand woven square basket and ostrich
fashion articles, something that clients would leather detailing, and the same city bike model
want to purchase. They began researching ma- with pony hair leather outfitted in a leopard
terials to personalize the bicycles in a specifi- print, a very young, playful version compared

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