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Daccordi Noah £7,500 | 7.5kg

Not many Italian bikes are actually made in the bel paese nowadays, and the majority of formerly iconic Italian brands are no longer even owned by their founding families. But Luigi Daccordi, the son of Giuseppe Daccordi who founded the company in 1937, took a different route: instead of sponsoring racing teams and moving production to the Far East, he invested in renewable energy and sustainable manufacturing processes for his factory in Tuscany and continued making bespoke frames in low volumes for discerning customers.

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Daccordi says the Noah, which is the flagship road model, is “a modern frame, built with the best quality of carbon-fibre, aerodynamic, light and stylish”. The Noah is fully made to measure and the customer can even choose the shape of the frame itself: aero, semi-aero or classic. This

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