New to North American shores in 2005, Kuota has made an impressive splash. Already, its North American debut won the Crown Jewel of multisport by taking home victory at the 2004 Kona Ironman. Then, in 2006, Norm Stadler did a repeat of his 2004 Kona Victory with a bike time of 4 hours and 18 minutes. Phenomenal!
Kuota is actually an Italian company, it is a division of the Italian parts manufacturing conglomerate, Sintema. Sintema is famous for their Italian handlebars, stems, and seatposts, and have their fingers in numerous other bike-related manufacturing partners. But, until recently, Sintema was missing a thoroughbred racing machine. It was just a short while back that Sintema paired up with the world's leading composite and carbon technology firm, Martek. Martek's quality control and carbon fiber technology is world renowned, and has been used even in American military applications.
When it comes to quality control, nobody beats Martek. In fact, one out of every five Kuota frames is pulled from production and cut up into pieces, investigated, and certified to be up to the strictest international ISO 9002 standards. No other bike frame manufacturer can claim this, and most could not afford to!
Kuota's lineup is a stunning array of innovative designs which use multi-directional carbon tubing to achieve maximum rigidity, sure-footedness, and unsurpassed road holding. Their naked carbon frames rank among the most beautiful in the world, and their design approach is quite literally unlike any other builder's. In fact, a reviewer from PEZ Cycling News wrote, "If beauty is only skin deep, the Kuota is all skin." You'll certainly concur once you've seen one of these masterful frames.
Cadence's training and coaching side of the business is the Prefered Training and Coaching Organization of Kuota Bicycles. We are honored and priviledged to be recognized by Kuota bicycles with this distinction.