Officina Battaglin

Officina Battaglin is the workshop founded by Giovanni Battaglin, the legendary cyclist who won both the 1981 Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana in a span of just 48 days! In 1982 Giovanni began producing bicycles in his home town of Marostica in Italy. He produced bicycles for several major racing teams who realized many victories through the 1980’s and 90’s. However, the bike industry is always hungry for new technologies, and so in the late 90’s the workshop started experimenting with lighter materials like aluminium and carbon. Sadly, as demand for steel bikes diminished, the company shuttered the factory where these fine steel frames were built. The equipment sat unused and the skills of the craftsmen who built them began to be lost!

The revival of a classic line!

After a time, Giovanni began to reflect on the state of things and asked himself if “saving weight was the only thing that mattered?” After 12 years of professional bike racing and more than 30 years as a bicycle manufacturer he recognized that something was missing. So, in 2014 he decided to go back to brazing custom custom steel frames and dusted off the old machinery that was still in the workshop. With the revived Officina Battaglin brand, he returned to his roots, and resumed production of  the exceptional racing frames that had made his name known all around the world.

Giovanni’s son Alex now manages the workshop in Marostica, Italy where they build custom steel bikes to each owner’s specifications, with comfort and craftsmanship as their hallmark. Each frame made features custom geometries designed by Giovanni Battaglin himself, is finished beautifully and bears the founder’s signature. It’s the place where the legacy of Giovanni Battaglin is being revived as the only maker of Italian steel bicycle frames that is also a Grand-Tour winner.

The Marosticana

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