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Simon Fellows

With bespoke Cantiflex tubing made exclusively for them, Bates were able to create unique bikes for all surfaces

Bates Volante track bike.

While the diamond-shaped frame steered bicycle design on a fairly straight course from the 1880s, its invention arguably sparked a period of intense creativity, compelling frame designers to find solutions that fitted within the rhomboid template, yet weren’t constrained by it.

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