Basso still making handcrafted frames?

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I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their traditional, fillet brazed frames.
Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a

name now?

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Matt O.

Yes, they are doing the same type of alu/carbon stuff that all the other companies are doing now.

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Matt O'Toole"

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I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their traditional, fillet brazed
frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a

name now?

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Matt O.

Yes, they are doing the same type of alu/carbon stuff that all the other companies are doing now.

Since alot of the big name Italian builders like Cinelli, Masi, Viner, Casati, and others are now
selling alu/carbon frames made in Taiwan or China, the question still remains....

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I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their

traditional,

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fillet brazed frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a

name now?

Right. Aluminum, carbon and aluminum/carbon models only now. yellowjersey.orgbasso3.htmlOpen ↗

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I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their

traditional,

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fillet brazed frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a

name now?

Right. Aluminum, carbon and aluminum/carbon models only now.
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So where are these "new" Basso made - Italy or are they the same cookie cutter frames sold by other
*Italian* companies and are actually made in Taiwan/China?

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I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their

traditional,

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fillet brazed frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a

name now?

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Right. Aluminum, carbon and aluminum/carbon models only now.
yellowjersey.orgbasso3.htmlOpen ↗

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So where are these "new" Basso made - Italy or are they the same cookie cutter frames sold by
other *Italian* companies and are actually made in Taiwan/China?

Basso actually builds frames in Vicenza A close friend was at their factory a month ago and they
were welding alumnium then. Every model? I don't know that but I have no reason not to believe the
Basso brothers either.
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> I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their
traditional,
> fillet brazed frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just

a

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name now?

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Right. Aluminum, carbon and aluminum/carbon models only now.
yellowjersey.orgbasso3.htmlOpen ↗

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So where are these "new" Basso made - Italy or are they the same cookie cutter frames sold by
other *Italian* companies and are actually made in Taiwan/China?

Basso actually builds frames in Vicenza A close friend was at their factory a month ago and they
were welding alumnium then. Every model? I don't know that but I have no reason not to believe the

Basso

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brothers either.
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Thanks for the info on Basso. Basso makes or maybe I should say made excellent frames. I really like
their older steel ones like the Gap. Too bad the "demand" for steel forced them to make only alu or
alu/carbon. Hopefully, these newer frames are as well made and durable.....

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> I just looked at Basso's website, and I see no mention of their
traditional,
> fillet brazed frames. Has the Gap been discontinued? Is Basso just a
name now?

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Right. Aluminum, carbon and aluminum/carbon models only now.
yellowjersey.orgbasso3.htmlOpen ↗

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So where are these "new" Basso made - Italy or are they the same cookie cutter frames sold by
other *Italian* companies and are actually made in Taiwan/China?

Basso actually builds frames in Vicenza A close friend was at their factory a month ago and they
were welding alumnium then. Every model? I don't know that but I have no reason not to believe the
Basso brothers either.

Well, that's a bummer. It's not that Chinese frames are bad or that I have anything against
aluminum or carbon fiber. It's that Basso's Gap frames were really neat, fillet brazed and all
that, for like $700.

I'm sure it's more profitable for Basso to make alu/carbon frames. They can tout the lightweight,
high-tech angle as well as the already established Basso name, and charge a lot more for 'em. Plus
they're probably less expensive to make.

But if I wanted a lightweight plastic blob, I could just go down to the LBS and buy an off the rack
Trek -- and probably get a better bike, for a lot less money, with a great warranty too.

Matt O.