Party of One

Frame

Custom Sarto Seta+

Drivetrain

Shimano Dura-Ace 12sCarbon-Ti 52-36T Chainrings
11-34T Dura-Ace Cassette

Wheels & Tires

Princeton Carbonworks Alta
Pirelli P-Zero RS 700c x 30
Tactic Racing TR01 Hubs

Cockpit & Seatpost

Sarto integrated barstem

Sarto Seta+

Party of One

Some bikes are built to flatter you on the flats. Others keep their composure when the road tilts up and stays there — quietly doing their job, switchback after switchback. This custom Sarto Seta+ was built for the second kind of riding, on the kind of roads that don't let up.

Created as a customer dream bike, this made-to-measure build represents the intersection of Italian craftsmanship, performance, and purpose. Every component was selected with a clear objective: build a road machine that climbs all day on real Colorado pavement and stays planted on the descents that follow — while showing what's possible when rider, builder, and studio start from a blank sheet.

A Bike Built Around the Climb

At first glance, the frame draws you in. Sarto's Tri-Composite carbon weaves metallic filaments directly into the lamination, leaving a shifting, woven depth across matte black accents that no decal can imitate — a surface that looks as considered as it rides.

But the texture is only the surface of the story.

The Seta+ is Sarto's endurance all-rounder — the frame built for riders who want real race pace without surrendering comfort over the long haul. Made to each rider's exact geometry in Venice, it pairs the stiffness you want when the grade kicks up with a ride quality that stays civil hour after hour. The Tri-Composite layup does more than catch light: the metallic filaments woven into the carbon damp road vibration and quiet the buzz that accumulates late in a ride. On Colorado's roads — long climbs, fast descents, pavement that ranges from glass-smooth to chip-seal — that balance is the whole point.

For a rider chasing the high passes and the gran fondos built around them, that balance matters.

Frame

Custom Sarto Seta+

Italian made-to-measure carbon remains the benchmark for riders who want a frame built to their exact dimensions, not pulled from a size run. Sarto's layup delivers the stiffness and precision of modern performance carbon, tuned tube by tube to the rider it's built for.

Drivetrain

Shimano Dura-Ace 12s · Carbon-Ti 52-36T Chainrings · 11-34T Dura-Ace Cassette

Built with enough granny for climbing Colorado mountains and enough top-end to sprint the finish.

Wheels & Tires

Princeton Carbonworks Alta · Pirelli P-Zero RS 700c x 30 · Tactic Racing TR01 Hubs

Built for speed, precision, and low rotating weight, the Princeton CarbonWorks Alta wheelset and its Tactic Racing TR01 hubs deliver responsive, confident handling across a wide range of terrain. Whether snapping out of corners or holding pace on a long climb, the setup prioritizes efficiency and quick engagement without sacrificing all-day composure.

Cockpit/Suspension

Sarto integrated barstem

An integrated bar and stem cleans up the front end and stiffens the steering, cutting fatigue over long hours while keeping the bike precise and composed when the road turns technical.

Contact Points

Selle Italia SLR

Build Brands

From Venice to the Continental Divide

This frame was shaped by hand in Venice, made to one rider's exact measurements — but this made-to-measure Sarto isn't meant to live as an object. It's meant to climb.

The vision behind the build was simple: create a machine worthy of Colorado's hardest roads. From dawn starts on the high passes to long days that don't crest until you're well above treeline, the Seta+ is built to reward riders who choose the longer way up. It embodies the idea that performance and craftsmanship don't have to be separate pursuits. The best climbing bike isn't always the lightest, or the one with the most aggressive geometry. Sometimes it's the one that still feels composed after ten hours in the mountains — the bike whose comfort is what lets you keep going.

Built by Riders, For Riders

At Alpha Bicycle Studio, every custom build begins with a conversation. Riding style, goals, terrain, fit, and aesthetics all play a role in shaping the final product.

This Sarto Seta+ represents that philosophy at its highest level — a made-to-measure road bike built to perform on the biggest days while staying timeless enough to ride for years to come. Because the best bikes aren't built for the showroom. They're built for the next climb.

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