Type Private Founded 1972 Headquarters Veggiano, Italy | Industry Bicycles Founder Lodovico Falconi Area served Worldwide | |
ALAN is an Italian bicycle manufacturer.
In 1972, ALAN was the first company to introduce an all aluminum frameset made from aerospace grade aluminum. Just a few years later in 1976, ALAN was again first in developing and manufacturing a production carbon frame made by bonding Torayca carbon fibre composite tubing to cast aluminium lugs, a process still widely used today by many manufacturers.
Over the years the firm's frames were ridden to 20 World Cyclo cross Championships, 5 World Track Title Championships, numerous classics wins, as well as stage wins in the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España.
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