ALAN

Italian bicycle manufacturer

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ALAN

Company type| Private
Industry| Bicycle industry
Founded| 1972; 53 years ago (1972) in Saccolongo, Italy
Founder| Falconi Lodovico
Headquarters|

Veggiano

Italy

Area served

| Worldwide
Products| Bicycles and Bicycle frames
Website| alanbike.it

ALAN is an Italian bicycle manufacturer.

## History

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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

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* Italy portal
* Sports portal
* Transport portal
* Companies portal

* List of bicycle parts
* List of Italian companies

## References

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1. ^ "ALAN bicycles". Classic Rendezvous. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
2. ^ "About us". ALAN. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
3. ^ Lindsey, Joe (18 March 2013). "Aluminum Frames Are Back—And Better than Ever". Bicycling. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ "Short About". Alan Bike Frames. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

## External links

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* Official website

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Italian bicycle manufacturers

Current|

* 3T Cycling
* Abici
* ALAN
* Askoll
* Atala
* Basso
* Battaglin Cicli
* Benotto
* Bianchi
* Borile
* Bottecchia
* Carnielli
* Carrera Podium
* C.B.T. Italia
* Casati
* Chesini
* Cinelli
* Ciöcc
* Colnago
* Daccordi
* De Rosa
* Di Blasi Industriale
* Faggin
* Frera
* Gios
* Guerciotti
* Kuota
* Legnano
* MCipollini
* Dario Pegoretti
* Iride
* Masciaghi
* Moser Cicli
* Olmo
* Olympia
* Pinarello
* Rewel Bikes
* Somec
* Stelbel
* Tommasini
* Torpado
* Wilier Triestina
* Zullo

Defunct|

* AMF Gloria
* Chiorda
* Cimatti
* Emilio Bozzi & Co.
* Frejus
* Italvega
* Maffeis
* Maino
* Masi
* Pogliaghi
* Prinetti & Stucchi
* Romani
* Rossin

Components|

* 3T Cycling
* Ambrosio
* Campagnolo
* Cinelli
* Columbus
* DM Telai
* Fulcrum Wheels
* Gipiemme
* Italmanubri
* Marzocchi
* Miche
* Modolo
* Paioli
* Pirelli
* Selle Royal
* Vittoria

Italian cycle designers|

* Antenore Belletti
* Stelio Belletti
* Edoardo Bianchi
* Ottavio Bottecchia
* Emilio Bozzi
* Tullio Campagnolo
* Cino Cinelli
* Ernesto Colnago
* Maurizio Fondriest
* Francesco Moser
* Giuseppe Olmo
* Dario Pegoretti

Other|

* Biemme
* Castelli
* De Marchi
* Northwave
* Santini SMS
* SIDI

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