Basso

Some vocations arise from curiosity. In Rettorgole di Caldogno, a small town in the province of Vicenza, a boy grows up among the racing bikes on which his older brother rides. It’s the second half of the 1970s and the boy is fascinated by the technology that is hidden behind every bicycle. He wants to use technology to make riding a better experience. It’s a deep fall in love. The boy’s name is Alcide Basso.
In his home workshop he begins brazing, disassembling and reassembling, getting his hands dirty to understand how things are made. At the beginning it is nothing more than a game. As a self-taught he ventures between materials and geometries, between mechanics and aesthetics, between technique and passion. In those years, the dominant approach in the production of bikes was the artisanal one. Alcide chooses to follow the same direction and starts working in the home workshop.