With over two decades of development and 8 evolutions, diamante has become what it is today: the most basso bike of all.
**ride, perfected: stable, responsive, light, and playful.** the diamante is a versatile road racing bike, designed to thrive on the most challenging ups and downs. A geometry that has been refined over the decades, thanks to the kilometres travelled and the expertise in the manual processing of carbon, capable of achieving absolute performance, through cutting-edge technological solutions. The result is an intense and engaging riding experience, ready to excite.
**designed to dominate the climbs:** today diamante confirms its vocation for climbs and descents. Careful engineering work has made it possible to further reduce the weight by over 200 grams, allowing complete bike builds to easily remain under the uci weight limit of 6.8 kg. A bicycle without an extra gram, designed to make each ride an exciting experience, an opportunity to challenge your limits.
**contemporary classic:** a unique design, the result of extremely complex engineering, refined over the years detail by detail. A timeless aesthetic, capable of interpreting the contemporary. The search for the balance between lightness and stability, making the most of the carefully hand-crafted carbons characteristics. The thickness of the tubes has been meticulously studied to give lightness and reactivity when climbing and stability when descending, even at high speeds.
Flawless like the worlds most beautiful diamonds, the diamante has constantly been through a process of meticulous improvement; often combining innovations like invisible details, aimed at the future whilst building on the legacy of over 45 years of basso.
Leaving the starting point to go elsewhere, outside your own system, to explore and then come back enriched, so as to evolve what you started from. A circular movement that becomes a upward spiral as it perfects itself, encompassing the past and the future. The spirit of basso flows in the tubes of the diamante frame. A shape that is not just an aesthetic solution but the result of research to obtain the best performance from carbon.
The golden rule of basso engineering: we meticulously study carbon to enhance its characteristics through its shape. In the areas where energy is generated and discharged â the bottom bracket and steering area -, the circular shape, in addition to reducing the thickness and weight of the tubes, gives greater torsional rigidity, so that all the pedalling energy translates into progression and riding precision. This solution allows to obtain greater lightness, rigidity and control, with the result of not losing power and acquiring stability.
**geometry:** how do you redefine a classic? By obsessively working on details, considering each arrival point as a new starting point. Diamante introduces improvements in the geometry that make it more performing uphill and downhill. Every good bike fit starts with choosing the correct frame size for you. This will allow you to benefit best of the bikeâs performance and comfort for an efficient riding position.
**integrated handlebar levita:** the diamante tip for unprecedented handling: stiff, light, and ergonomic. Levita redefines the concept of riding precision in a heap of technology and aesthetic purity: weighing just 330g for a 110x42
**front fluidity:** integrated cables headset to offer efficient cable routing that gives precise and smooth steering movement even on smaller sizes
**rear rigidity:** high seat stays attachment to provide rigidity and direct power transfer without dispersion.
**diamante seatpost:** specific seatpost with 2 different retraction options, thanks to the 3b clamp system gen ii (pat.). A modular and totally hidden solution that is invisible on the frame, intertwining technological and aesthetic innovation.
**frame specs**
* sizes: l (56), m (53), s (51), xl (58),
* compatible with electronic & mechanical groupsets
* cable integration: fully integrated
* brakes: flat mount disc
* bottom bracket: 86.5 x 41mm
* headset: fully integrated
* tyre clearance: up to 28mm
* thru axles: 100/142mm x 12mm (125x165mm)
* warranty: covered under basso's 2 year warranty which can be extended by an extra year on registering your purchase with basso
* frame weight: 900g (large)
* frame & fork weight: 1.3kg (large)
* frameset weight: 2.15kg (large)
**bike specifications:**
* components: campagnolo super record wrs 12x
* chainset: campagnolo super record wrs 12x
* disc brakes: campag afs steel spider rotor
* cassette: campagnolo super record wrs 12x
* chain: campagnolo super record wrs 12x
* saddle: selle italia model x saddle
* handlebar/stem: basso levita integrated
* seatpost: basso integrated
* wheelset: campagnolo shamal carbon
* tyres: schwalbe one perf tle 700x28c fold
**note: this bike arrives standard with 15mm stem spacer height**
**spec may be subject to change due to availability**