Author Topic: OEM/manufacture for Benotti Fuoco Aero SL?  (Read 563 times)

Dareios

OEM/manufacture for Benotti Fuoco Aero SL?
« on: March 13, 2025, 03:42:20 PM »
Hello!
Does anyone know who makes the frames for Benotti bikes, specifically the Fuoco Aero SL?

The geometry can be found on geometrygeeks: https://geometrygeeks.bike/bike/benotti-fuoco-aero-sl-2024/
It is know tat Schmolke get their frames from the Korean manufacture Wiawis (they come from Archery and also make lots of carbon bows) while Storck seem to be Pardus bikes/OEMs with a deeper fork (I assume their climbing frames are also from the same company, the opposite would make little sense).

The Benotti would be a nice bike and the prices aren't even that high (in the Cube range for fully built ones), it would just be interesting to know who actually makes them, as those small German companies (Benotti have absorbed AX-Lightness) who where there during the peak lightweight rim brake era with their superlight carbon components don't seem to actually design their own frames nowadays.



Pedaldancer

Re: OEM/manufacture for Benotti Fuoco Aero SL?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2025, 06:42:07 PM »
The predecessor model was produced by workswell.  I would assume that they are still working together as the frame looks very similar.
However this model is not in the workswell catalogue.
And also workswell stopped selling single frames to us private people.

Dareios

Re: OEM/manufacture for Benotti Fuoco Aero SL?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2025, 05:13:43 AM »
The predecessor model was produced by workswell.  I would assume that they are still working together as the frame looks very similar.
However this model is not in the workswell catalogue.
And also workswell stopped selling single frames to us private people.
Thanks for the answer. I see, kinda sad that they won't sell single frames to private people.

Serge_K

Re: OEM/manufacture for Benotti Fuoco Aero SL?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2025, 03:31:30 PM »
Most people on this forum who bought from workswell have bad things to say. And the "we won't sell to you" may depend on jurisdiction, and business activity.
Either way from what I can tell they have a very high error rate, they're very expensive, and their only arguments as to why are non sensical to me.
Fast on the flat. And nowhere else.