BASTION BIKES

Bastion Cycles is unique because it combines aerospace engineering with additive manufacturing to create bicycles that are as much a technical masterclass as they are high-performance machines.

The brand's uniqueness is driven by several industry-first innovations:

- Proprietary Material Fusion: Bastion pioneered the combination of 3D-printed Grade 5 titanium lugs and filament-wound carbon fiber tubes. This hybrid construction blends titanium's legendary vibration-dampening smoothness with carbon fiber's exceptional stiffness and lightweight performance.

- In-House 3D Printing Excellence: Unlike most custom builders that outsource high-tech parts, Bastion is the only bicycle company in the world with in-house titanium 3D printing capability. This allows them to print intricate, ultralight internal lattice structures and walls as thin as 0.25mm that are impossible to create with traditional CNC machining or molding.

- Automotive-Grade Engineering: Founded by former Toyota R&D engineers, Bastion applies rigorous automotive-grade simulation and testing to every build. Each rider receives a detailed Engineering Report that simulates how their specific geometry and stiffness choices will perform on the road before the bike is ever built.

- Tunable Ride Quality: Because they manufacture their own tubes and lugs, Bastion can customize the torsional stiffness and vertical compliance of each frame. This "bespoke ride quality" means a 60kg climber and a 100kg sprinter can both get a bike that feels perfectly balanced for their power output.

- The 2025 "Archetype" Evolution: Their latest platform, the Archetype, is the first fully custom road bike to feature NACA aerodynamic profiles on all tubes and lugs. It bridges the gap between classic "lugged" aesthetics and modern wind-tunnel-proven performance, reducing drag by up to 25 watts at 50 km/h compared to previous models.

- Exquisite Hand-Finishing: Despite the high-tech start, every bike requires roughly 70 hours of meticulous hand-finishing. This includes hand-polishing titanium lugs to a mirror shine and applying automotive-grade paint with over 1 million color combinations available.