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It isn’t often that we find a high end brand of carbon bikes without so much as a website, but that is exactly the case with Divo Bikes. The pet project of Ale Bike Wear president Pietro Caucchioli, Divo is a relative newcomer to the custom bike scene. As the story goes, the parent company of Ale Bike Wear is also involved with Cipollini bikes but Pietro wanted his own brand. After gaining permission to start out on this new venture, Pietro created his first bike with the help of Italian craftsmen who specialize in carbon.

Hand made with a tube to tube construction method rather than a monocoque, this build allows Divo frames to be easily built to measure with full custom builds available. The Divo ST is certainly not a frame that you will be seeing very often in your local peloton, but when you’re spending this kind of money that’s probably the point…

Divo Pietro Caucchioli

Pietro shows off the new PRR 2.0 kit from Ale Bike Wear while riding his own personal Divo ST.

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Striking in appearance, Divo bikes seem to excel in the looks department. Angular in all directions, the frames hide their tube to tube and wrapped build well and instead highlight lines worthy of a Lambo. Created with up to 7 layers of carbon, customers can even choose different layup schedules on the full custom options to obtain a fully tailored ride. Weight is said to be around 900 g for an XS frame and 380g for the fork, which seems reasonable for such a stout looking frame.

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Pietro was happy to point out that the carbon construction is precise enough to not need aluminum inserts for the headset or bottom bracket. The precision craftsmanship extends to the finish with bare carbon exposed with impressive attention to detail. One hundred percent made in Verona, Italy, the frames have accommodations for mechanical and electronic drivetrains with internal mounting for both Shimano and Campagnolo batteries. Pietro pointed out that for the full custom options small details like housing stops can be moved depending on the customer’s needs.

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Built with a 1.5″ to 1 1/8″ tapered head tube and BB386 bottom bracket shell, the frames have additional touches like replaceable rear dropouts. Sold as a frameset which includes the frame, fork, headset, and two carbon bottle cages, stock sizes start at $5,300 with full custom versions selling for $5,700 (custom geometry, paint, etc).

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Even though nearly every bike Pietro has sold has been a different color, he also plans to offer special editions like this USA bike. Limited to just 20 pieces, the special editions will run $6,100 for the frameset. Once the USA version is sold out, a new design will be introduced with Pietro hinting at the possibility of an Italian design…

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price sheet divo

 divobike.com – Currently under consruction

For ordering info, contact info@divobike.com

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Sardinien
Sardinien
9 years ago

Drop dead gorgeous ! Now i can keep buying Specialized,even if I’m italian living in Italy.

il Bruce
il Bruce
9 years ago

Are we not bikes?

kaliyuga
kaliyuga
9 years ago

D-I-V-O

wako29
wako29
9 years ago

900g frame (in an XS – ha) for $5,300? With no website? Are they serious?

Rico
Rico
9 years ago

I like the orange one. That man is real, not made of steel!

Matt
Matt
9 years ago

My experience with Italian bikes across multiple manufacturers is that 1) they are always premium priced, 2) the paint jobs are amazing when brand new, 2) race oriented bikes ride great if they were meant for touring, not so much for racing, 4) the paint jobs suck with easy chipping and rub wear (Colnago can you hear me), 4) not worth the money unless you do a lot of coffee drinking.

Mike
Mike
9 years ago

I hope it’s a success. I like the aesthetics of these frames. And doesn’t every bike look better with Campy Bora (dark version)? What about one of the magazines, or websites do a piece testing some of these smaller Italian brands as a single group against a benchmark bike from one of the big brands?

Jason
Jason
9 years ago

I’m building mine up with Shimano Sora and Alex Class wheels so that I can keep the bike under $10,000.

Mclulz
Mclulz
9 years ago

@Jason

*Tips fedora*

General Boy
General Boy
9 years ago

Frame U Want

Daniel
Daniel
9 years ago

Repainted Giant TCR non ISP. -386bb

Gillis
Gillis
9 years ago

Oh, No! It’s Divo

Alberto
9 years ago

Lovely design,
@Sardinien ma che stai a di? Specialized??? micha manchano i bici Italiani ???

Pistolero
Pistolero
9 years ago

double facepalm…

il Bruce
il Bruce
9 years ago

My heart is warmed buy the DEVO references. Chapeau.

Sam
Sam
9 years ago

publishing weight of an xs, a little ashamed of your weight, eh? Also, a lot of bikes are “precise enough to not use aluminum inserts. That doesn’t mean its actually a precise fit.

badbikemechanix
badbikemechanix
9 years ago

God I hope colors like this are the future. Black bikes are so boring.

Sardinien
Sardinien
9 years ago

@alberto :

Le bici italiane mi fanno cagare,tutte !!

joel
joel
9 years ago

love these colors! how can you go wrong with a bike called divo!

Downingk
Downingk
9 years ago

I saw someone on a pink DIVO yesterday in Santa Monica on San Vincente Blvd. Good looking bike

BlackPina
BlackPina
8 years ago

Downingk I bet it looked amazing. This or the De Rosa Protos could be my next bike.

Richard
Richard
8 years ago

Bought a DIVO several months ago and keep it in NorCal . Red with black carbon logo and highlights . When notin Cali I keep a Trek Madone in Tampa where Iam living . Great having a ride no one else has and it is a real beauty . Very fast and responsive descender . Not the lightest gram out there but if you like to feel the road and appreciate a well balanced bike you will love it

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