Thanks to its valuable twenty-year collaboration with Colorificio Giuntini, a distributor of Salcomix coatings, Daccordi Cicli can meet the finishing needs of every customer. This company has made the customisation of its bicycle frames its main strength, thus becoming a leader of the Italian bike frame market, a sector with a long-standing tradition.
"A bicycle is like a suit. You can buy a beautiful standard suit, or order one made to measure from a tailor."
This is the mantra of Daccordi Cicli, a company that has turned the customisation of its bicycle frames into its main strength, thus becoming a leader of the Italian bike frame market, a sector with a long-standing tradition. Daccordi Cicli's history began way back in 1937, when bike enthusiast Giuseppe Daccordi decided to devote himself to the craft production of road bicycle frames. "Back then," says Sena Daccordi, from the third generation of the company's owning family, "bicycles were the most popular form of transport, as most people did not own any motorised vehicle."
The economic boom of the second post war period changed the status of bikes, replaced by motorcycles and small cars. The 1980s, however, witnessed a growing demand for bicycles, due to the growing popularity of competitions and the awareness of its healthy effects, which led many people to approach cycling in their spare time. It was in this framework that craftsmen and frame builders started producing racing bike frames in addition to the urban bike ones.
The evolution of bicycles went hand in hand with the growth of Daccordi Cicli, located in San Miniato Basso (Pisa, Italy).
Precisely in 1980s, led by Luigi Daccordi, the second generation of the family took over the management of the company and started participating in trade fairs with the aim of making its brand known nationally and internationally. Since then, Daccordi has been synonymous with fast bicycles characterised by high performance levels and designed with attention to the smallest detail. Over the years, this firm has been able to renew itself, diversify and expand its
bicycle range, and adapt its products and manufacturing methods to market demands and new trends, while remaining faithful to its traditional craft production process.
Another key to the success of this Tuscan company is its partnership with Colorificio Giuntini (Pontedera, Pisa), the
exclusive distributor of Salcomix paints in the provinces of Pisa and Livorno, which has been supplying high quality
coatings for over twenty years, as well as offering accurate and expert services aimed at meeting the numerous and
different colour requests of Daccordi Cicli's customers. "Colorificio Giuntini's philosophy is to consider retailers more
than a mere product supply channel.
The added value provided by Colorificio is its ability to enable its customers to comprehensively assess coating products and systems not only in terms of price, but also of consumption and application optimisation, as well as supplying them with services aimed at the achievement of their business goals," explains Michele Michelotti, manager at Colorificio Giuntini. Sena Daccordi confirms: "Thanks to this synergy and all-round collaboration with Colorificio
Giuntini, Daccordi Cicli can design and manufacture solutions and products with a very high degree of customisation."
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