The Nua Classica is a one-off, fully custom titanium bicycle inspired by 1980s road bikes. Featuring a bespoke frame, unicrown fork, integrated titanium cockpit, Gates CDX belt drive, and rear coaster brake, it’s a silent, low-maintenance machine.

After roughly 1,200 km on a Nua Kensho, the rider reflects on fit, handling, climbing performance, and the behaviour of the Pinion C1.12 Smart.Shift gearbox, with comparisons to other internally geared systems and notes on maintenance.

At Nua Bikes, we’ve integrated Pinion Smart.Shift across dozens of titanium builds and have been impressed with its real-world performance. Riders benefit from precise, consistent, and low-maintenance shifting, combined with the versatility of our frame designs. Smart.Shift introduces the ability to shift under load, a feature that complements the already robust mechanical Pinion gearbox. This means riders can shift gears even while climbing or sprinting without reducing peda

When a customer told us they had one arm slightly longer than the other, we didn’t hesitate — we designed a custom titanium handlebar with one side 20mm taller for a perfectly balanced fit. This unique Nua Luna Rohloff build is a true example of what “custom” means at Nua: thoughtful design, precision engineering, and the freedom to tailor every detail to the rider.

We built this bike for Pascal, and we like it a lot, because of the combination of the racing feeling that the Kensho model itself offers as one of its main characteristics, and the classic/vintage aesthetics that the customer chose. Brown leather + titanium. What else? It reminds us of a vintage sports car. NUA KENSHO PINION NUA KENSHO PINION A small selection of this Kensho's coolest photos: Brooks Swallow leather saddle There is not much to say when the pictures say it a

All our bikes are available with two wheel sizes, in the case of Sílice model, our versatile gravel, it clears 700C up to 44mm and 650B up to 57mm tires. Today we show you two beautiful examples of Sílice's versatility. Nua Sílice Rohloff for Gabriel, from Switzerland, with 700C 40mm: Nua Sílice Rohloff Titanium Bike Some of its components: Rohloff Speedhub, Gates Carbondrive Drive CDX centerline belt system, Schwalbe G-One Speed Evolution 40mm Wide Tires, Tubus Fly Classic

Lou came to us asking for a Silice Pinion bike, but after some emails clearing some doubts and asking for advice, finally he decided for...

When Jens asked us about the possibility of building a bike with only one coaster brake and a belt transmission, at the beginning we were...

We have decided to renew our website, so our Blog as well. Here we will create new entries from now on, but if you want to know more...