Gaulzetti Corsa


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Pro bike racers are paid to race, train, win and suffer, but what they're REALLY paid to do is represent their sponsors' marketing interests. Now, there's nothing wrong with this - every cycling fan realizes this on some level and knows that sponsorship is the lifeblood of bicycle racing, from the Pro Tour on down to the amateur ranks. Bicycle companies pay vast sums of money for the privilege of having elite athletes ride their products and, in turn, these pros are duty-bound (and contractually obligated) to effusively proclaim the superiority of their sponsor's bicycle frames, regardless of what they might think in private. Gone are the days where pro riders used to secretly, or not-so-secretly in some cases, have custom bikes made for them and rebadged with their official sponsors' logos. Sponsorship contracts have become so large and important to the bottom lines of teams that this practice is now economically impossible.

With this in mind, the Gaulzetti Corsa is designed to be the bike pro riders would ride if they had a choice of frames. It's a race machine in the purest sense; built for pure function, and designed with a keen understanding of all the rigors encountered by racers, from early season training miles in horrible winter conditions, to the longest, most grueling summer road races. In short, if the job is training and racing, the Corsa is the ideal tool for that job.

The decision to use aluminum to create this racing machine was a simple one: Aluminum provides the optimum characteristics necessary in a race frame. Its low relative density means that tubes can be made to the large diameters required for a stiff, lively bicycle while avoiding an undue weight penalty. When built correctly from premium materials, aluminum bicycles ride well, handle predictably and last a long time. In fact, not so many years ago, aluminum was the go-to material for the highest performance race bikes. Virtually the entire pro peloton competed on bicycles with aluminum frames because they had ideal performance characteristics. Carbon frames later became the standard, not necessarily because of any enhanced performance characteristics, but because they could be made more cheaply and in greater numbers with less labor than metal frames.

The Corsa is built with a custom drawn blend of butted 7000 series aluminum tubes from Dedacciai. The main tubes and chainstays are all very large in diameter to maximize front end and drivetrain stiffness while the seat stays are relatively thin, to reduce weight and helps smooth out the ride quality. Unlike most other aluminum bicycle designs, the tubes on the Corsa are neither radically shaped nor are they extensively relieved. These two processes can create bicycles that are light and stiff, but can also unnecessarily degrade the ride quality of the bicycle and produce the "tin can" feeling often associated with aluminum.

In fact, the Corsa's ride characteristics are more similar to fine steel bicycles we’ve ridden. There’s a smoothness and mellowness to the ride quality of the Corsa that is decidedly unlike other aluminum bicycles on the market. In addition to the surprisingly smooth ride, the first thing one notices when first riding a Corsa is the stiffness; not only the exceptional drivetrain rigidity, but also in the front end of bicycle which does not move shimmy when pulling hard on the bars. The result of this front-end stiffness is that the Corsa behaves responsively and predictably during hard, out-of-saddle efforts such as sprinting and climbing. It also results in a bike with supremely confident high speed cornering characteristics. There’s no vagueness in handling, no question that the bicycle will steer where you point it at high speeds.

The Corsa is designed for stiffness, robustness and longevity, not to be the lightest bicycle possible. But, the most recent complete bikes we've built have ranged between 14.5 and 17 pounds depending on build kit and size. We spec the Enve Composites 2.0 fork with a 1 1/8 to 1 1/2 tapered steering column with each Gaulzetti frame. Presently, every frame is built to order. Current lead-time on Corsas is 4 to 5 weeks unless otherwise noted.


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CORSA FRAMESET FEATURES

  • - Custom Dedacciai 7000 series aluminum alloy tubeset
  • - Handmade in the US
  • - Oversized main tubes and chainstays for maximum frame stiffness
  • - Press-Fit BB30 Bottom Bracket Shell
  • - 44mm integrated headtube
  • - Enve Composites 2.0 Tapered fork
  • - Cane Creek 44 Headset
  • - Solid paint frame and fork (see finish options)
  • - Limited Lifetime Warranty


CORSA GEOMETRY CHART

Sizes highlighted in italic offer a lower and longer geometric option for riders requiring additional reach or drop.


FINISH OPTIONS

Each Gaulzetti frameset comes with solid paint and painted logos in your choice of the colors listed below:


PURCHASE AND PRICING

Each Gaulzetti Corsa is available for purchase as a frameset or as a complete bicycle, with a variety of pre-selected build-kit options designed to provide the best combination of performance and value.

Please CONTACT US if you would like to discuss the details of any of our products or if you would like to place an order off-line.


Gaulzetti Corsa Frameset - $2899

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Complete Corsa Bicycles - Prices range from $4199 to $9999:

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Note: Please provide us with your desired stem length, bar width and bottom bracket center to saddle-top measurement in the "Comments" section when you are checking out. (Example - 120mm stem, 42cm bar, 75cm saddle height.)

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