Custom Italian frame builder Officina Battaglin has just released their first true endurance road bike – the new limited edition steel Grand Tour – and it’s built to go the distance with all-road tire clearances.
While Battaglin is best known for their shiny chrome finishes, unique lugs, and classic road racing roots… most buyers of their premium handmade-in-Italy bikes will benefit from modern high-volume tires too…Let’s not forget that the namesake and founder of Officina Battaglin,1981 Giro-Vuelta back-to-back double Grand Tour winner Giovanni Battaglin is now 71-years-old himself.
For many of us, the sense of freedom that comes with exploring unfamiliar and unbeaten roads is what makes a long ride worthwhile. We designed the Grand Tour to satisfy this craving for exploration.The new Grand Tour is fillet brazed from a custom-drawn oversized Columbus GB81 tubing in Officina Battaglin’s Marostica workshop in northern Italy. Its signature feature beyond that shiny custom steel is clearance for up to 700c x 35mm tires.
You get fully-internal cable routing through the oversized 1.5″ DCR headset, slightly dropped seatstays below a classic round seatpost with its regular external clamp, a threaded bottom bracket, flat mount disc brakes, and 12mm thru-axles.True to Battaglin form, the Grand Tour comes in one of two high-gloss polished cromovelato colors standard, and with the most simple subdued logos we’ve seen on one of Officina Battaglin’s bikes.
Battaglin is always happy to work with buyers to put together a customized complete bike build and can deliver it worldwide. This sample build with Shimano Ultegra Di2, Deda carbon finishing kit, and 30mm Conti GP5000 tires is said to weigh in at just 8.5kg complete.
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