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Titici Sessanta Steel Strada Road & Sterrato Gravel Bikes, Handmade in Italy for 60 years

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, BAAW
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Titici’s 60th anniversary Progetto Sessanta project is another reminder that steel is still real, celebrating handmade-in-Italy heritage with modern limited edition Strada road & Sterrato gravel bikes. In and out of the spotlight, Titici has been crafting bike frames in northern Italy for six decades. And with a relatively recent resurgence of the brand and all-surface resurgence of steel, it was time to call back to that heritage of steel bike building that laid the foundation for work in other materials – a modern road bike ties back to the past, and new gravel bikes look more to the future…

Titici Progetto Sessanta 60th anniversary Italian-made steel

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, Columbus workshop
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Tradition and technology, art and Italian craftsmanship of a material that for decades has been skillfully worked at the Castelnuovo di Asola plant, to create hand-welded frames and shipped all over the world, before being set aside for more modern materials such as aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber.

This Progetto Sessanta came out of two years of R&D collaboration between Titici & Columbus to create exclusive Spirit & Life tube sets for the Strada road & Sterrato gravel frames (respectively), each with Titici’s signature flattened toptube for additional comfort. In steel bikes, they call it PAT.P (Plate Absorber Technology Pressed), developed to reduce vibration before it gets to the rider, without compromising overall frame rigidity & performance.

Titici Strada steel road bike

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, complete

The road-going Strada is the lighter of the two, made from custom-shaped, triple-butted and super-thin Columbus Spirit tubing created exclusively for Titici. It is made by hand in northern Italy by Titici with a classic mix of TIG-welding and brazing.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, integrated front end

The Strada is a classic Italian steel road bike updated for the modern age with the oversized straight headtube that Titici developed for their Vento aero carbon road bike, featuring completely hidden internal cable routing that passes through the straight 1.5″ headset into the inside of the frame.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, Columbus Spirit tubing

Of course, the Strada gets a flattened PAT.P top tube for comfort, plus modern flat mount disc brakes, 12mm thru-axles, 27.2mm seatpost, a T47 threaded bottom bracket, and room for 28mm tires. Claimed frame weight is 1990g (M), painted with all hardware.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, race geometry

Titici describes the Strada’s geometry as “made to race”, even if it promises unbeatable comfort.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, angled rear

Titici Sterrato steel gravel bike

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, complete

Like the road bike, the gravel Sterrato gets its own custom-shaped tubeset. This time it’s the slightly thicker, more durable triple-butted Columbus Life tubing, again developed exclusively for Titici with their PAT.P flattened toptube. The Sterrato is made by hand in northern Italy with a similar of TIG-welding and brazing mix.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, Columbus Life

The Sterrato is more of a versatile all-rounder able to be built up for crunching mixed-surface Euro backroads, as a full-tilt gravel racer, or loaded down as a bikepacking adventure bike. All benefit from that classic steel is real feel, enhanced by the extra PAT.P vibration-eating comfort boost. We actually already teased the Sterrato last summer when it debut Shimano’s rare polished silver GRX group – and that bike is still officially available in ultra-limited quantities for 6000€ complete.

Titici Sterrato GRX LE limited edition handmade Italian steel gravel bike, frame detail

But the Sixtieth Project also brings a production version of the new steel Titici gravel bike. Like the road bike, the Sterrato inherits a straight oversized headtube from its carbon Relli gravel analog, now completely hiding fully internal cable routing inside the steel frame through the upper headset bearing.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, geometry

The Sterrato gets its flattened PAT.P top tube, flat mount disc brakes, 12mm thru-axles, toptube bag & rear rack mounts, a 27.2mm seatpost, and T47 threaded bottom bracket – with clearance for up to 700c x 40mm or 650b x 45mm tires. Claimed frame weight is 1999g (M), painted with all hardware.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, angled rear

Titici Sessanta bikes – Pricing, availability & options

Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, angled
2023 Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada metallic

Titici’s bikes are built-to-order, but the 60th anniversary Progetto Sessanta steel bikes are also offered with stock geometry in four sizes (S-XL) and premium stock builds to keep prices reasonable.

A stock Titici Strada steel road bike frameset in classic metallic copper with blue accents around a silver panel paint job sells for 2990€ including a painted-to-match carbon Columbus Futura Disc fork. Complete Strada road bike builds feature a mechanical Campagnolo Record carbon groupset with Shamal Carbon wheels and Deda Zero100 cockpit for 7990€.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy, angled
2023 Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato Tinge90

A stock Titici Sterrato steel gravel bike frameset in 1990s retro-fade Tinge 90 paint sells for 2590€ including their carbon Gravel DCR fork with anything cage mounts. Complete Sterrato gravel bike builds feature Campagnolo’s lightweight 13-speed Ekar carbon groupsets, plus Fulcrum Rapid Red 300 wheels and Deda Gravel100/Zero100 cockpit for just 5490€.

Titici Progetto Sessanta Sterrato modern steel gravel bike, made-in-Italy,
Titici Progetto Sessanta Strada modern steel road bike, handmade-in-Italy, at the door

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M S
M S
10 months ago

The gravel bike has a cool paint job…otherwise it is woefully unimpressive.
Narrow tire clearance, not notably light even when compared to other steel offerings(claimed weight is 100g less than a Fairlight Secan in same size), and the geometry is extremely limited.
All for $2800usd.

What is the fork rake? Nah, their site doesn’t think that’s important.
What is the bottom bracket drop? Nah, their site doesn’t think that’s important.

Chief Wiggum
Chief Wiggum
9 months ago
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What about head angle? Nah, for ages Colnago didn’t think it was important to tell you. Sold loads of great handling bikes anyway because numbers don’t tell you how a bike rides.

-100g saving is a fair bit on a steel frame.

Fake Namerton
Fake Namerton
10 months ago

charging this much for that is highway robbery.

mud
mud
10 months ago

Apparently they like the look of the seat pointed down

Anders
Anders
9 months ago

Ahh, the bike rumor comment section, where you go to get your daily dose of complaints :-). My contribution in this regard would be that I have a hard time getting used to the non-tapered steerer tubes. Internal cable routing through the headset still doesn’t look good on metal bikes, the proportions are thrown off.

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