ALAN
45°24′39″N 11°43′20″E / 45.4108139°N 11.7220846°E / 45.4108139; 11.7220846
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Bicycle industry |
Founded | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) in Saccolongo, Italy |
Founder | Falconi Lodovico |
Headquarters | Veggiano , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Bicycles and Bicycle frames |
Website | alanbike |
ALAN is an Italian bicycle manufacturer.
History
ALAN was founded in 1972 by Falconi Lodovico, an engineer who had worked for bicycle manufacturer Torpado.[1] The name ALAN comes from the first two letters of Lodovico's children, Alberto and Annamaria.[2] It was the first company to introduce an all aluminium bicycle frame made from aerospace grade aluminum.[3]
In 1976, ALAN was again first in developing and manufacturing a production carbon frame[4] made by bonding Torayca carbon fibre composite tubing to cast aluminium lugs. This is a process still widely used today by many manufacturers.
Over the years the firm's frames were ridden to 20 cyclo-cross world championships titles, 5 track world championships titles, numerous one-day classics wins, as well as Grand Tour stage wins.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "ALAN bicycles". Classic Rendezvous. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "About us". ALAN. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ Lindsey, Joe (18 March 2013). "Aluminum Frames Are Back—And Better than Ever". Bicycling. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "A world champ returns: Alan's Super Cross Carbon adds modern features, custom options, keeps classic look". Cyclocross Magazine. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Short About". Alan Bike Frames. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
External links
- Official website
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