TOURING,
MECHANICS AND DESIGN
I started to build luggage carrier 15 years ago
hot shapping aluminium rods,then testing them on 25000 km of travels around Europe…
They’ve written this about Matteo Poli, my travelling companion, and myself:
“They travelled around the whole of Europe for years by bicycle: from Milan to Lapland then down to Stockholm; from Stockholm to Helsinki via Vardo Vadso in Norway; a to Brittany and by ship to Ireland (the whole ring or almost) and then in Poland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom…
Capitalizing on the experience of past journeys and taking advantage of their passion and competence for mechanics and design, they started to make original accessories for their bikes in the garage…” ( GQ Maggio 2007 )
Today, with the BAC (bike Alfonso Cantafora) brand, I am offering them again to a public of enthusiasts in a version redesigned for industral production; lightweight and minimalist like the artisan versions, made up o modular elements and adaptable to the geometries of many frames on the markets.
I started to build luggage carrier 15 years ago hot shapping aluminium rods,then testing them on 25000 km of travels around Europe…
Today, with the BAC (bike Alfonso Cantafora) brand, I am offering them again to a public of enthusiasts in a version redesigned for industral production; lightweight and minimalist like the artisan versions, made up o modular elements and adaptable to the geometries of many frames on the markets.
Luzzani Officina Meccanica
Its production capacity is provided by 9 numerically controlled lathes and by two work centres:
Luzzani Officina Meccanica
Its production capacity is provided by 9 numerically controlled lathes and by two work centres:
Latest generation lathe with 11 axes
The machine offers a wide range of production possibilities, from simple turning to the complete and totally automatic fabrication of a part in a single tightening; in an extremely precise way.
… Plus the human component
The operator checks that one of the key components of the Rack-RH, the double terminal called “BONE” has been made properly.
Latest generation lathe with 11 axes
The machine offers a wide range of production possibilities, from simple turning to the complete and totally automatic fabrication of a part in a single tightening; in an extremely precise way.
… Plus the human component
The operator checks that one of the key components of the Rack-RH, the double terminal called “BONE” has been made properly.
K.M.G.
This firm is specialized in the production of sheet metal parts obtained through special working methods, such as: blanking, die-casting and bending:
K.M.G.
This firm is specialized in the production of sheet metal parts obtained through special working methods, such as: blanking, die-casting and bending:
Special bending: sheet metal and tube
Dies, of which one per tube; the S sleeve is curved in a die which has been made especially for this function.
Die under a 50 ton press
Shaping of sheet metal of a clamp of the luggage rack, thickness 3 mm, stainless steel 316; originally cut by laser from the sheet.
Special bending: sheet metal and tube
Dies, of which one per tube; the S sleeve is curved in a die which has been made especially for this function.
Die under a 50 ton press
Shaping of sheet metal of a clamp of the luggage rack, thickness 3 mm, stainless steel 316; originally cut by laser from the sheet.
Thanks also to: Bendinox for the bending of the tubes; ATS for the laser cutting from sheet metal; Phenix for the manual polishing of the aluminium and steel; Ox.Color for the anodizing treatment of the aluminium; Libe for the laser engraving; Scatolificio Spada for the production of the packaging and with particular affection Emanuele Biondi, friend and photographer, author of the numerous images that appear on the site.