Bike Check: Andrea Garella's Custom-Made Ancillotti Scarab 29er - Superenduro 2018
Italian custom made specialist brand Ancillotti dominate the Superenduro Series and most recently 2 of their young riders have been battling over 1st place in the 2018 series. Andrea Garella currently sits in first, with just a mere 100 points separating him and his teammate Francesco Mazzoni. With Priero being the last race in the 2018 series, we caught up with Andrea and Mr Ancillotti himself to get the low down on the new Scarab 29er as well as Andreas experience being with a factory team at just 16.
Known for their support of the up and coming generation of riders, the Ancillotti team have created a wonderful riding environment for their riders. "I really enjoy being in a group of younger riders and I feel really happy in the team!" says juvenile series leader Andrea Garella.
Known for their support of the up and coming generation of riders, the Ancillotti team have created a wonderful riding environment for their riders. "I really enjoy being in a group of younger riders and I feel really happy in the team!" says juvenile series leader Andrea Garella.
Rider Name // Andrea Garella
Age: 16
Hometown: Turin
Age: 16
Hometown: Turin
Ancillotti Scarab 29er front triangle
Model Name Details
Frame: Ancillotti Scarab Aluminium 29er
Shock: Ancillotti Shock, 160mm
Fork: Formula Selva, 160mm
Wheels: Formula Linea G, 29", 30mm width
Tires: Maxxis DHF & DHR 2
Drivetrain: Sram Eagle
Brakes: Formula Cura
Cockpit: Renthal Fatbar 30mm rise, Renthal Apex Stem
Size: Custom Medium
Pedals: HT T1
Frame: Ancillotti Scarab Aluminium 29er
Shock: Ancillotti Shock, 160mm
Fork: Formula Selva, 160mm
Wheels: Formula Linea G, 29", 30mm width
Tires: Maxxis DHF & DHR 2
Drivetrain: Sram Eagle
Brakes: Formula Cura
Cockpit: Renthal Fatbar 30mm rise, Renthal Apex Stem
Size: Custom Medium
Pedals: HT T1
"I saw Andrea riding last year and did a couple of races with him, during winter we then arranged for him to become part of the team for a full season," says Tomaso Ancillotti, Ancillotti creator and team manager.
 | I love the bike! I feel really confident on it and love that it is custom sized and tailored to me. |
Ancillottis flip chip style adjustment features.
HT T1 Pedals.
"The new model scarab is 160 rear travel and we have this which is like a flip chip. However, unlike a flip chip, this has 6 positions and more variety. It's like a screw that you can half turn to make the bottom bracket lower and adjust the head angle and find your perfect balance. All of our bikes are also custom sized so, for example, there is no standard medium size. If you want a slacker head angle, a higher or lower seat tube, or the frame to be 1cm longer or shorter then we can do it!"
Formula Linea G wheels and Maxxis Minion DHR 2
Ancillottis custom 160mm shock.
Ancillotti Scarab 29er rear triangle.
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Defently no reason to hold back buying one, hope Ancillotti can handle the customes request now :-)
Nice bike !
1 - Ancillotti has been welding bicycles and Mototrcycles frames since Nicolai, Foes, Orange etc. were children or not even born. I bet they know what they are doing.
2 - These bikes are made for only one purpose: Racing. Ancillotti sells frames to support their racing team.
3 - Find another mom and pops shop that has won DH WC at Junior level.
Would you buy a rally racing car and complain about not having electric windows?
Were wishbones put fork, were body chasis put head tube,
Electric windows does not come even close to your argument
You should maybe listen more, because it seems like you have trouble understanding how to use the word expert.
But as far as i can tell ancilotti does have welding experience. I dont expect these things to crack or shear off so easily.
All another Planet
I know that Rose do make really good frames indeed. And the welds are spot on. But its also has way fewer welds to begin with.
The Ancilotti frame is the complete opposite. It has welds basically everywhere. (i mean look at the frikin seat tube) That makes it look a bit messy but the welds themselves dont look bad. There are just a lot of them. There are all sorts of bits and pieces welded to it.
"Italian custom made specialist brand Ancillotti dominate the Superenduro Series and most recently 2 of their young riders have been battling over 1st place in the 2018 series."
I think your priorities are a bit askew....
Well then I'll buy one too!do I have to race and compete as well or just buying a anccilloti will make me a champ?
A lot of racers can win on a shopping cart, doesn't tell me shit if ancillotti won a cup or the race to the moon
In the 80's a lot of people were critical about Charlie Cunningham welds and praised Klein and Manitou frames for their beautiful welds /finish.
Ten years later all the Manitou were cracked, half of the Klein were cracked too... Cunningham bikes are still in one piece - owners still ride them – and fetch 15k if you can ever find one for sale.
Ancillotti has been around, welding motorcycles frames since the 60's....
Pretty welds and strong welds are not the same thing.
My takes is this:
- north americaners think that weld need to be pretty, perfectly even and aligned to be functionnable and reliable.
- some people in some part of Italia think that weld only need to be functionnable and reliable to be functionnable and reliable.
- people from other places grab some popcorn and watch the 'merican troll about something they possibly might not have any clue.
- I'm not sure you can judge the quality of a weld by its appearance. Time and reliability stats are a much better benchmark.
- I've seen way worse welds. In fact they have supported my fat ass for years without failing (balcony chairs).
He meant that it was unnecessarily good. Which was later proven by the Russians, who made super cheap and super fast produced T34 with angled armor and sorry... One Tiger could kill 30 T-34s, But Russians had 35 T-34s per each tiger.
custom geometry, homemade shocks that are tuned to the owner, a warranty for life, a bike that stands out in a world of hydroformed tubed doppelgängers, a small back street business that supports the sport in its country, young riders, and the locals who work for them.
Who cares about the look of the welds when a company like anciolloti are doing what bike companies should be doing in this day and age.
Nice one anciolloti.
would love one of these enduro bikes?
#weldporn I LOVE IT
a custom bike aficionado from italy can't hold a staight line welding a few cms piece, of alu.
Same goes for any other bike made in taiwan or china that is mass manufactured.
Would you really buy a leather sofa that the stiching is allover the place and cushions dont seat well and bulge on the sides just because it's made in italy?
One thing, AL welding is much more complex then steel or titanium welding.
I don't even like the raw look if it...
I just looking for a new bike/frame because my Super Enduro get DH descending capabilities but also pedal's shit uphill like one, only the steeper seat angle made it possible to do it but the bike it self don't want it.
Frames I do find interesting are RAWW Madonna, Pole Evolink 158 and this one. Good uphill capabilities with excellent DH capabilities with enough space to mount stuff or just strap stuff on the frame.
Point is, given the attention needed to finish a bike frame I would never buy something with a bad finished weld at a stress point,
For my point of view, in no way I would buy and tip a schmitz or a meiller tipper with a weld seam looking like that, never mind paying premium for it.
Welding aside, the bike looks good and tick all the boxes for me as well, ship manufacturing to taiwan and you have a winner here!!
but those seams, making me sick