Montante

Montante has produced limited-editions bicycles with Maserati and Biomega makes bicycles for sportswear brand Puma.

The Rise of the Designer Bike Benoit Faucon 2011

Clockwise from top, Pinarello; Look; BMW; Montante; Cervelo; Biomega Montante - "Luxury Golden Collection" A century ago, a young entrepreneur may have started on the road to fortune by getting on a bicycle and ended it in a luxury car.

The Rise of the Designer Bike Benoit Faucon 2011

That's the case with Montante's www.montantecicli.it Luxury Golden Collection model, which was inspired by 1930s Italian bikes, but adds a python-skin seat and a silver front steering covered in Swarovski crystals—and the price to match, at €36,000.

The Rise of the Designer Bike Benoit Faucon 2011

France's Look Cycle www.lookcycle.com and Montante offer custom frame designs or plates bearing clients' names.

The Rise of the Designer Bike Benoit Faucon 2011

Also in the line-up: A gold-painted, python leather and Swarovski-crystal adorned women's bike from Italian bicycle maker Montante, selling for close to $43,000, a folding bike built by Mercedes, and a carbon Beru Factor 001 bicycle priced at around $30,000.

The World's Most Expensive Bicycles 2010

Also in the line-up: A gold-painted, python leather and Swarovski-crystal adorned women's bike from Italian bicycle maker Montante, selling for close to $43,000, a folding bike built by Mercedes, and a carbon Beru Factor 001 bicycle priced at around $30,000.

The World's Most Expensive Bicycles 2010

Also in the line-up: A gold-painted, python leather and Swarovski-crystal adorned women's bike from Italian bicycle maker Montante, selling for close to $43,000, a folding bike built by Mercedes, and a carbon Beru Factor 001 bicycle priced at around $30,000.

The World's Most Expensive Bicycles 2010

Also in the line-up: A gold-painted, python leather and Swarovski-crystal adorned women's bike from Italian bicycle maker Montante, selling for close to $43,000, a folding bike built by Mercedes, and a carbon Beru Factor 001 bicycle priced at around $30,000.

The World's Most Expensive Bicycles 2010

"We believe the product will create the demand," Montante said.

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Uniland has signed "a good number" of purchase contracts, according to Montante.

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