Sarto Bikes

Bespoke Carbon Fiber Bikes

Although stock sizing is an option, most Sarto bikes take to the road with a custom geometry and frame layup. The route to a bespoke Sarto is refreshingly simple. It starts with a bike fit, which becomes a geometry chart from Sarto, which becomes a frame tuned to your riding profile, goals, and dreams - where you're at and where you want to get to. You choose a finish, one of the brand's paint schemes or something completely custom (they call this 'Tailored - Sarto means 'tailor' in Italian), then you wait - not long - for your frame to arrive at Regroup, whereupon we build it up to your specifications. Then, you ride. And ride. And wonder how you ever existed without a Sarto in your quiver.

Sarto Bikes at Regroup

In conversation with Sarto, we started our partnership with the brand's Raso, Seta Plus and Asola models. The Raso has got a lot of press attention, and not solely for its finish options, which include the innovative 'Black Marble' finish, a paint scheme that isn't paint but a fiber-level innovation that's as much part of the frame as the headtube. It's swirling, marble-esque, complex like a great coffee, and different every time it's created - Sarto calls this its 'surprise me' finish. Black Marble aside, the Raso hits the road with the strapline, 'Fast doesn't come close,' and we can attest to the truth of that. It is blazingly quick, and all the more so for feeling utterly unified with the rider.

The Sarto Raso even comes in a special Tri-Composite version (TC for short) that infuses copper or titanium filaments into the fibre to further elevate strength and comfort. The nuance is that a TC-less Raso is already exceptionally comfortable and resilient (Sarto's knowledge and experience of composites go back some twenty years). However, the TC takes things up a notch. Whether you need that may depend on how you feel about the upcharge and how it looks: on the IG of Sarto bikes, a TC Raso has garnered over half a million views on the basis of TC's speckled finish alone. It's quite something.

Since we started our partnership, Sarto has brought out the Raso Gravel, an all-terrain iteration of its all-road Raso platform. It's a stunning bike, one designed to bring the speed of the road to the fastest gravel races in the world.

Turning to the Seta Plus, Sarto's road endurance model takes us into the classic terrain of a quick, effortlessly comfortable all-day road bicycle. With its timeless lines, the Seta Plus meets the road with style and the legacy of Italian road cycling. A modern road bike with a heart that beats to the sound of cheering crowds, cowbells and the waving of flags, the Seta Plus is an ideal bike for sportives, fondos and all manner of big road sessions.

Finally, there's the Sarto Asola, a featherlight ascending machine. 'Climb like you mean it' is Sarto's line, and with the Asola's streamlined silhouette, it's a bike built to get very high indeed. However, what goes up and all, and the Asola stands out because it descends so well - precise, confident under pressure and refreshingly reslilient should the road get rough. And like all of the Sarto models, it is all the more sure-footed because it's made to your measurements and built to your specifications.