ALAN is an Italian bicycle manufacturer.
History
ALAN was founded in 1972 by Falconi Lodovico, an engineer who had worked for bicycle manufacturer Torpado.[1] The name ALAN comes from the first two letters of Lodovico's children, Alberto and Annamaria.[2] It was the first company to introduce an all aluminium bicycle frame made from aerospace grade aluminum.[3]
In 1976, ALAN was again first in developing and manufacturing a production carbon frame[4] made by bonding Torayca carbon fibre composite tubing to cast aluminium lugs. This is a process still widely used today by many manufacturers.
Over the years the firm's frames were ridden to 20 cyclo-cross world championships titles, 5 track world championships titles, numerous one-day classics wins, as well as Grand Tour stage wins.[5]
See also
- List of bicycle parts
- List of Italian companies
External links
References
- ALAN bicycles Classic Rendezvous, retrieved 23 March 2017^
- About us ALAN, retrieved 23 March 2017^
- Joe Lindsey. Aluminum Frames Are Back—And Better than Ever Bicycling, 18 March 2013, retrieved 16 June 2016^
- A world champ returns: Alan's Super Cross Carbon adds modern features, custom options, keeps classic look Cyclocross Magazine, 23 June 2015, retrieved 16 June 2016^
- Short About Alan Bike Frames, retrieved 17 June 2011^