Serotta Duetti A9

[ltwtsculler91]

So has anyone else here picked one up at this point?
Have seen one in person, and with Ben's latest sale it was an easy yes as I had parts (mostly) ready to build something.
I've never actually owned a "Serotta" but have been around them for a while, and with a soft spot for aluminum and a collection of ex-Serotta folks bikes (2 No22s, a Bedford, (soon) a Kirk), I figured it was time.

It's going to get a Force/Rival AXS mix, the HED Ardennes off of my Hampsten, and a Deda Zero100 cockpit whenever I get around to building it. I have everything except for shifters, a cassette, rotors, and a BB so not sure when that will be yet as I need to bring wheels up from Tennessee on our next roadtrip.

So for now here's a teaser

[Clean39T]

I had one briefly that got mangled in shipping to me and was passed on to another gent.. I thought the build on them looked great and the use of external routing was a good user-friendly choice. The geometry is definitely solid and the only thing I thought was curious was the fender mount situation - given its alloy and disc and very suitable for winter training use. Overall, great pickup I'd say and well worth the investment in the build.

[AngryScientist]

A new Serotta!

It has been a long time since we have seen one of those on the forum!

Was this one built for you, or is it a stock size that they had ready to go?

I do see Serotta has put out a bunch of emails lately.

Anyway congrats, looks like a lovely, lively machine. Cant wait to see the full build and ride impressions.

[AngryScientist]

By the way, do we know who built it? As far as I know Serotta is a brand name only currently, they dont actually build anything in house any longer?

[PaMtbRider]

I know of at least two of these being ridden in the Albany area. The owners had positive feedback on the ride of the bike. Going from memory, Ben and company offered these a few years ago as a stock geometry bike. A recent email was offering these at a tempting price. Again if my memory serves me correctly they were around $700 for frame and fork. A pretty good deal in my book.

[ltwtsculler91]

Clean, you're spot on and the geo was super close to my custom No22 and Bedford so I pulled the trigger. I'm thinking of it as my winter/miles bike for Nashville once I get it together, since it's been pretty damp down there and was going to use the SKS Raceblades that I have for the wet, but the frame does have threaded fender mounts on the chain stay and seat stay bridges, and fork crown which has me interested in other options...

This is a made in Taiwan aluminum stock sized frame that Ben put out as "Serotta Design Studios" and was a blowout deal as they had leftovers after changing branding. From what I understand in chatting with them (and looking at them) the tubes are drawn to Ben's spec and definitely have a Serotta look to them. I have heard that the Ti bikes are Andy Keech welded (former head Serotta welder) who also did the KBedford TIG bikes before.

I've been wanting an aluminum bike again (and been looking at these since riding Ben's aModoMio back in 2017) but wouldn't drop $2000+ on a new custom frame so when the Serotta blowout sale email came out it was easy to pull the trigger at $725. He's doing new completes with Force AXS for $4500 with the same frame and different paint, which seem reasonable even in today's crazy world

[Kirk007]

That looks good and I like the paint and at that price, wow.

[ntn007us]

Originally Posted by ltwtsculler91

Clean, you're spot on and the geo was super close to my custom No22 and Bedford so I pulled the trigger. I'm thinking of it as my winter/miles bike for Nashville once I get it together, since it's been pretty damp down there and was going to use the SKS Raceblades that I have for the wet, but the frame does have threaded fender mounts on the chain stay and seat stay bridges, and fork crown which has me interested in other options...

This is a made in Taiwan aluminum stock sized frame that Ben put out as "Serotta Design Studios" and was a blowout deal as they had leftovers after changing branding. From what I understand in chatting with them (and looking at them) the tubes are drawn to Ben's spec and definitely have a Serotta look to them. I have heard that the Ti bikes are Andy Keech welded (former head Serotta welder) who also did the KBedford TIG bikes before.

I've been wanting an aluminum bike again (and been looking at these since riding Ben's aModoMio back in 2017) but wouldn't drop $2000+ on a new custom frame so when the Serotta blowout sale email came out it was easy to pull the trigger at $725. He's doing new completes with Force AXS for $4500 with the same frame and different paint, which seem reasonable even in today's crazy world

When you get the bike built up, I would love to see photos and your perspective on the ride qualities; e.g. too stiff, comfort, responsiveness, etc. Congrats.

[mickey.d]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

By the way, do we know who built it? As far as I know Serotta is a brand name only currently, they dont actually build anything in house any longer?

That bike was built by Giant 3-4 years ago. Really fantastic thought put into the design, would love to try one.