Steel bike builder Officina Battaglin has an all-new, no-nonsense made-in-Italy Matera gravel bike in their line-up, mixing classic and modern tech to “tackle even the most challenging gravel terrain”. Fillet-brazed from light Columbus Spirit HSS steel, Battaglin give the new Matera a greatest-hits of modern gravel tech: big 50mm tire clearance, internal routing, and a UDH, for example.

Plus, each bike is finished-to-order for the buyer, so you get to pick the paint for a custom look for your new Italian-made gravel bike…

Officina Battaglin Matera modern Italian steel gravel bike (Photos/Battaglin)

Named and inspired by the oldest city in Italy – claiming continuous settlement for something like 12,000 years – Battaglin created the Matera to take on any surface. Campy could say they had been making drivetrains since before there were paved roads. Well, Matera could say they’ve been inhabited since before gravel roads or even wheels. (That happened 4-5 millennia BC, according to Wikipedia).

“There’s an almost philosophical connection between Matera’s ancient stone dwellings, etched directly into the limestone, and a steel frame handmade in Italy. Just as Matera has withstood the test of time, handcrafted steel frames have maintained their special place in cycling despite newer materials coming and going. We’ve created a bike that connects riders to the terrain in the same way Matera’s ancient structures connect to the landscape – through harmony, not domination.”

– Giovanni Battaglin, Officina Battaglin founder and double 1981 Giro d’Italia & Vuelta a España winner Tech details

• entirely made in-house by Officina Battaglin in Marostica in northern Italy
• fillet-brazed from custom-draw Columbus Spirit HSS tubing
• full carbon tapered steerer fork
• 1.5” straight headtube for seamless fully integrated, internal cable routing
• 1x only, compatible with mechanical or electronic shifting
• T47 threaded bottom bracket
• flat mount disc brake only
• 12mm thru-axles

• UDH dropout
• max 700 x 50mm tire clearance
• available in 5 stock sizes (XS-XL)

Battaglin Matera gravel – Pricing, options & availability

The new steel Matera is available now directly from Officina Battaglin in Marostica. Or pick one up from their international dealer network of boutique bike shops. Battaglin custom finishes each standard geometry frameset for each buyer, with pricing starting at 2100€ before taxes or tariffs for international sales (2562€ with VAT in their native Italy). For that price Battaglin offers the Matera Minimal, in your choice of 5 standard earth-tone paint colors. Or also, for an extra 1000€, Battaglin gives you the Matera Select with their iconic shiny colored chrome Chromovelato finish in 15 possible colors to make this bike really pop!

For a ‘very limited time’, Battaglin is offering an affordable mechanical Italian build kit for just 980€ more (pre-tax). And then, that includes the Campagnolo Ekar GT 1x 13-speed groupset (170mm, 42×10-48T), alloy Deda cockpit & carbon seatpost, a 40mm deep carbon Fulcrum Speed Lite wheelset, and your choice of 45mm or 50mm Maxxis Ravager tires.

Battaglin finishes both framesets and complete bikes to order, so each has an approximate 4-week leadtime from your order.

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