A bespoke digital platform engineered for titanium performance bicycles, combining surgical typography, interactive frame configuration, and technical precision.

Client
Alkota Bikes Ltd
Year
2025
Industry
Precision Engineering & Cycling
Services
web development, digital systems

Bespoke frame sizing engine calculating rider stack-to-reach ratios without DOM reflow
Production codebase capture
High-fidelity macro view of seamless aerospace-grade titanium dropouts
Verified project assetWhen an organisation designs physical products with sub-millimeter tolerances, its digital interface cannot be loose or careless.
Alkota operates in the highest tier of bespoke cycling engineering. Every frame is hand-welded from aerospace-grade seamless titanium tubing, designed to withstand catastrophic torsional loads while maintaining ride compliance.
The existing digital presentation failed completely to convey this physical reality. Standard e-commerce templates treated the frames like generic commodities, obscuring weld quality, geometry charts, and tube profiles beneath marketing banners and discount popups.
Engineering Stack
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PRODUCTION SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
Alkota titanium frame geometry blueprint and digital inspection stage
We removed 84 third-party scripts, reduced initial DOM nodes by 62%, and built a custom frame configuration flow.
Rather than forcing buyers through an opaque checkout cart, we architected a multi-stage technical specification journey. Riders select rider biometric coordinates, desired tube stiffness profiles, and groupset configurations with immediate visual feedback.
Every component selection updates a live engineering ledger that exports directly to Alkota’s workshop fabrication queue, bridging digital intent directly into physical manufacturing.
ENGINEERING TOLERANCES
The new platform launched in production without a single runtime exception or layout shift regression.
Riders now configure complete bespoke builds that pass directly to Alkota’s frame builders with zero manual data re-entry, eliminating geometry specification errors entirely.
Production digital flagship deployed globally on Next.js 16 with instant LCP.
Client geometry submissions now pipe directly into workshop CAD and build sheets.
Lighthouse 100/100 Core Web Vitals maintained across all product routes.