Casati bikes

I have not really heard of them I know Andy P has the logo in his Avi,there is also not a lot of info on the net even tried to look on ebay UK nothing on there either,I realy wanted a Colnago but in the end I bought this.

I am guesing I won't see loads of people riding them,has some nice spec Record headset,and lots of Chorus bits.

Lovely...

www.racescene.co.uk

it will probably ride well.. it's Italian.
there are loads of relatively unknown Italian brands out there like tommasini, scapin, olmo, ciocc, debernadi, guerciotti etc. just as good as derosa colnago etc just less well known.

it will probably ride well.. It's italian.
There are loads of relatively unknown italian brands out there like tommasini, scapin, olmo, ciocc, debernadi, guerciotti etc. Just as good as derosa colnago etc just less well known.

tfti

I resent having to look up yet another net-based acronym.

i have to google each time i see too many consonants together :(

i have to google each time i see too many consonants together :(

Try this instead:
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Try this instead:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/

tfti lol

They are a Monza based firm, founded in 1923. The fourth generation of the family, who are brothers, are now running the business, having recently taken over from their father, Gianni. They produce around 1500 frames per year, and all are hand built at their premises in Monza.

Gianni Casati was widely seen as one of the premier framebuilders in Italy, and often praised by his contemporaries like Ernesto Colnago and Ugo de Rosa. He preferred fillet brazing to lugs, and many of his steel frames are brazed.

I've owned 4 of their frames, two steel road frames, a carbon fibre road frame and my current steel track bike. I've visited the factory on 5 or 6 occassions and have always been made to feel very welcome.

As Steve has already pointed out, their UK importer is Racescene in Barnsley. I prefer not to go via them as the one time I did they tried to inflate the price that we'd agreed on the phone beforehand when I went to collect the frame.

andy's track bike is lush. one of my favs

Awesome frames :)

My Casati Ellisse Due lo-pro is partially fillet brazed Columbus EL - rides like a dream. Think they are known also for their quality paint finishes too.

They use a local firm, whose name I've forgotten, to do their paint. One of the two sons is married to the daughter of the owner of the paint firm. That's one way of getting decent prices.

I meant to link to their website last night;

http://www.ciclicasati.it/

keeping it in the family
there's not enough of that around these days !

^you live in Stratford, don't you? It's only a short ride to Romford, if you're interested in witnessing that sort of thing.

They use a local firm, whose name I've forgotten, to do their paint. One of the two sons is married to the daughter of the owner of the paint firm. That's one way of getting decent prices.

I meant to link to their website last night;

http://www.ciclicasati.it/

Had a look last night some nice stuff it seems they are nearly made to measure for each client,not been out on it yet but it is 59/59 which is quite hard to find in road bikes,I usally have to go for at least a 60 to get the toptube lengh I need,I think the only think i will do is upgrade the bars and stem and put Record on the front and back apart from that it is well set up.

Try this instead:
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or if your running firefuck
type inthe address bar ub followed by abbreviation