Custom geometry ensures a proper fit, while customer-driven choices in terms of groupset and touchpoints offer quite limited potential for the individual to be unhappy with their purchase. I’ll admit it’s hard for me to fault this bike. An Evo386 bottom bracket offers application to a diverse range of componentry, while customised drop-outs offer a nice touch. Titanium lugs are 3D printed in New Zealand and are used to maintain a lightweight, yet bump-dampening ride. The titanium really takes a lot of the edge off, it really smoothes out the ride and makes it feel really planted as well.” The carbon fibre gives us light weight and the ability to tune the stiffness of the bike. “The reason we choose titanium and mix it with carbon fibre is to achieve that. “We really set out to build something that’s really refined and feels like quality when you ride it,” said Shultz. Although maybe not for everyone, the Bastion framesets are akin to adding a natural varnish to a timber and certainly celebrate the natural beauty of carbon. However, the Bastion frame collection offers a unique and visually pleasing design. It gives them a real-world reference and is a bit like a virtual test ride, I suppose,” Shultz explains.īastion is not the first custom frame-building brand to combine carbon fibre tubing with titanium lugs. “People say, ‘Oh, you can’t let the customer make these decisions,’ but we’ve developed the simulation tools and the ability to show them graphically and schematically what the bike is going to look like, how its going to handle, what the steering is going to feel like and compare it to the current bike they have, and compare it to other bikes in the market. It doesn’t usually come to the detriment of the review however my fit, done by RiderCC bikefitter Stewart Morton, ensured I was comfortable from the get go.īy treating the customer as the ‘chief engineer’, Shultz and the team at Bastion are able to open the process up to the customer – also sending through engineering reports to ensure the customer understands not only what their bike will look like, but also how it will handle.
After Bicycling Australia had finalised the details on the bike review, I was asked in for a bike fit – surprisingly something that doesn’t often happen when reviewing. I guess you could say the automotive industry’s loss was the cycling world’s gain, and while it’s still early days for Bastion, they’ve certainly got a lot of things right from the get-go.įrom the start of my experience dealing with Bastion, Shultz really pushed their pride in customer empowerment (one of their core values), and my experience was no different. So we made the decision to follow our passion for bicycles, but also advanced engineering,” said Shultz. “There wasn’t that many exciting jobs left in Australia (especially with automotive going out). It implies being able to look into the future and see things coming.” “A physical bastion is typically the highest point in a castle, or a tower on its own on the border of a country. “For us, Bastion is a symbol of staying true to what we want to be about and where we want to go,” co-founder and managing director Ben Shultz told Bicycling Australia.
With a trio of ex-automotive engineers at the helm, Bastion brings together the best of technology and aesthetics to welcome a ‘bold new era of cycling’ with open arms. From their innovation through technology to their unique frame finish, Bastion endeavours to be a cut above the generic, providing an experience rather than simply a product. Gemma Mollenhauer has been riding their latest creation and filed this review.Īlthough new to the custom frame-building business, Bastion has already made an impression in the bespoke cycling world. A trio of automotive engineers from Melbourne banded together in 2014 to create Bastion, a bicycle design and manufacturing brand that’s really turning heads.
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