We wanted to include an additional ring of material at the top and the bottom of the headtube to increase the strength at both ends and to create a smoother visual transition between the headtube OD and the headset cup. To do so, we first needed a prototype.

...with the dropped stays and long extended seatpost, the ride quality was very smooth and ideally suited to long excursions on the bike.

We chose to build our first prototype with very aggressive geometry in order to test the extreme of what we think the geometry of a DIAero bike should be. . .

A bike is only ever the sum of it's parts and we make sure that every bike that we build is put together with the best parts possible. To ensure we make the right choices, we have to do a lot of testing.

Every Albatross frame that is built goes through a series of steps that we have developed to ensure that every customer is pleased with their finished frame. To better help you understand the care that goes into every frame, we've laid out our process below.

To miter tubes, there are the two methods that can be done in your average shop; mitering by hand or mitering by machine. Both have their benefits and drawbacks in accuracy or setup time or setup costs, but they can both get the job done. . .

In the small shop that I work in, the lathe is the center piece. Capable of trimming parts, creating tooling, and making all sorts of necessary parts for bicycles, it truly is one of the most versatile tools one can own.