I heard a few days ago that ALAN aluminum bonded frames had passed away forever. These frames, which have been produced almost unchanged for 30+ years, were in the 2002 ALAN catalogue, had unique custom-cast aluminum lugs and anodized tubes in cool colors.
Since the lugs were an ALAN in-house invention, not even a frame builder or welder can make a replica frame now, I believe. These very vintage frames have been lost to mankind forever ... *sniff* ...
- Don Gillies San Diego, CA
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From: "ALAN" <alan.frames@tin.it> Add to Address Book To: donald_gillies@yahoo.com CC: melpintoimp@aol.com Subject: Alan frame Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:52:33 +0100
Dear Mr. Gillies,
we have received your e-mail from Mel Pinto and we can inform the model 303 is not more in production because our stock of aluminium lugs is empty and it's not convenient to re-make it considering the poor request of that kind of frame from the market.
I suggest you the new model Carbon X33, with aluminim lugs and carbon tubes,similar to the 303.
For any information about it, you can reach our web site http://www.alan-bikeframes.com or our US web site http://www.euromediagroup.us
Best regards
ALAN / Alberto Falconi