Basso Bicycles

The Basso name has been attached to Italian cycling since 1977, when the brand began building frames in San Zenone degli Ezzelini in the Treviso province of Veneto. What began in steel evolved through alloy and into carbon — each generation refining the geometry, sharpening the construction, and expanding the lineup. Nearly five decades in, Basso frames still carry that northern Italian thoroughness: deliberate design, controlled ride character, and finish quality that holds up across years of hard use.

The RA Cycles collection is frameset-focused, covering the full range from the flagship SV through the race-tested Diamante SV — available in both disc and rim brake configurations — to the Palta disc for gravel builds and the Astra for performance road. Several models are available in limited MAAP collaboration colorways alongside the standard palette.

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About Basso Bikes

Basso was founded in 1977 in San Zenone degli Ezzelini, in Italy’s Treviso province — a region with deep roots in Italian frame building. The brand started in steel and worked its way through aluminium and into carbon over the following decades, maintaining the Italian approach to frame geometry and ride character throughout. Today Basso produces road, gravel, e-bike, and commuter bicycles, with the SV and Diamante serving as their top-tier road offerings and the Palta leading the gravel lineup. More at bassobikes.com.

The RA Cycles selection focuses on framesets across Basso’s core road and gravel models. The SV is the flagship — a high-end road frame suited to a custom build at the top end of the range. The Diamante SV is the performance road option, available in both disc and rim brake versions for riders who want a specific brake standard. The Palta covers gravel territory in disc and rim brake formats, and the Astra offers a performance disc road platform at a lower entry point. MAAP collaboration editions are available across several models for riders who want the limited colorways.

Browse RA Cycles’ full range of road bikes and gravel bikes, or explore other bike framesets available in the shop.