The new Basso Sempre Veloce takes its own path - all road aero?

Always fast, no matter the terrain you move on. A clear statement of intent that the Basso Sempre Veloce has not hesitated to integrate into its name, bringing maximum sportiness to the all-road bike segment in a machine that allows you to devour asphalt and dirt tracks alike.

Sportiness and aerodynamics come to all-road bikes with the new Basso Sempre Veloce

The segment of gran fondo road bikes, now called all-road traditionally have been, except for exceptions of bikes created specifically for professionals to face the Paris-Roubaix, purely touring bikes, with very relaxed geometries to make them suitable for a wide audience, prioritizing comfort and absorption over performance.

However, the Italian brand Basso has decided to recover the spirit of those bikes with which cyclists like Fabian Cancellara used to crush the cobblestones of the classics and has created the Sempre Veloce, a bike that, as its name indicates, aims to be fast no matter where you ride.

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For this, obviously, they have had to reach a very fine compromise between comfort and rigidity as well as geometry, aggressive but not so much that it becomes unbearable off-road. And, of course, when we talk about speed, aerodynamics also becomes an essential aspect to take care of.

To achieve rigidity as well as lightness, Basso builds the Sempre Veloce with top-quality material, Toray T1100 and T1000 carbon, resulting in a frame of only 780 grams, 370 for the fork, which results, in its version equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace, in a bike below the UCI limit. Specifically, in size 56, it leaves the scale at 6.7 kg. And all this with a level of rigidity that even surpasses that of its Diamante and Diamante SV road models.

Aerodynamics has also improved a lot compared to its road models. A tremendous 16% reduction in frontal area and that its profiles, being an all-road model, have been optimized for tires between 28 and 35 mm, the latter being the maximum allowed by its frame.

Speaking of aerodynamics, Basso has created an aerodynamic handlebar for this bike, the Fuga, with the horizontal part slightly profiled and offering aerodynamic improvement based on the narrow position in which it places the cyclist in the area of the levers. It also has another handlebar model, the Levita, aimed at those who prefer a more conventional road handlebar.

As for absorption and comfort, it is left in the hands of its carbon seatpost and the 3B Gen II wedge fixing system consisting of a hidden internal wedge in the frame and a rubber bushing that is inserted along with the seatpost in the frame and serves to filter impacts and vibrations, a feature that is maximized by leaving more seatpost outside the frame.

Basso offers full customization options for this bike thanks to the configurator on its website, allowing you to choose from Campagnolo Super Record Wireless, Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, SRAM Red AXS, and Shimano Ultegra Di2 groups as the most affordable option. In terms of wheels, it allows us to choose several options from Fulcrum and DT Swiss wheels in addition to the spectacular Bora Ultra WTO as the only option if we choose the Italian group. Assemblies range from €11,999 for this setup to €7,949 for the one equipped with Ultegra.