BASS - LEE COUGAN & CORTINA360

A collaboration that is based on the desire to provide unique experiences based on trustworthiness, mutual trust, and experience, seeking to engage the guest across the board.

COMPANY HISTORY & PRODUCTS

Low-the beginning:

Some vocations are born out of 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 pedals. It is the second half of the 1970s and the boy becomes fascinated by the technique behind each bicycle. He wants to use the technique to make riding a better experience. It is a deep falling in love. The boy's name is Alcide Basso. In his home workshop, he starts brazing, disassembling and reassembling, getting his hands dirty to understand how things are made. At first it is nothing more than a game. As a self-taught person he ventures between materials and geometries, between mechanics and aesthetics, between technique and passion. In those years, the dominant approach in bike production is the artisanal one. Alcide chose to follow the same direction and set to work in his home workshop. Everything started from here and after four decades Alcide is still the backbone of the company and continues to work with the same curiosity, the same enthusiasm, the same humility. He still gets his hands dirty because, as he says, "I am and always will be a worker."

A worker who has worked for forty years to make a bike ride, whether a professional race or a Sunday ride, a better experience.

Every Basso frame comes from experience in the saddle. Every shape of its construction, every angle of its geometry, and every single tube that makes it up are the result of development work conducted together with highly skilled engineers. It is not a matter of producing the lightest bike or the most aerodynamic bike, but of composing these features to create an inspiring high-performance riding experience. Behind every Basso frame are the hands of those who, with passion and dedication, shape the material with care and meticulous attention to every detail. Hands that not only make performance frames, but also ensure durability so that the Basso riding experience lasts as long as possible. Ride after ride, season after season.

Every chassis that leaves the Basso workshops guarantees quality, reliability and confidence in the constant improvement of the riding experience. The beauty of a Basso chassis is not only seen with the eyes, but experienced with every part of it.