The Story Behind Ingrano
Built at
1am.
Because cross-referencing compatibility PDFs at midnight shouldn't be part of building your dream bike.
It started with a SRAM Force AXS groupset, a Cannondale Topstone frame, and three hours of my life I'll never get back.
I had the parts. I had the frame. What I didn't have was certainty. So I did what every cyclist does: I fell down a rabbit hole of forum threads, manufacturer PDFs, and Reddit posts from 2019 that may or may not still be accurate. I found conflicting answers. I found confident wrong answers. I found threads that ended with "works for me, YMMV."
I bought the parts. They worked. But the process was broken.
Component compatibility in cycling is genuinely complex — bottom bracket standards alone could fill a textbook. But the information exists in manufacturer documentation and published technical standards. It just needed to be organised, checked, and made accessible.
That's what Ingrano is.
"Build with precision.
Ride with confidence."
— The Ingrano Manifesto
Gravel only
A focused catalog and validator for gravel builds
Official evidence
Claims trace back to manufacturer documentation
Fail closed
Unknown evidence stays unverified instead of turning green
What We Believe
Precision is a form of respect.
Telling someone a component "should work" isn't good enough. We distinguish verified compatibility, incompatibility, and evidence that is still unverified.
The best builds are informed builds.
No one should have to choose between their dream groupset and their dream frame because they couldn't find reliable compatibility information. We've removed that barrier.
Evidence should be inspectable.
Compatibility claims should be traceable to the manufacturer sources and technical standards that support them.
Building bikes should be joyful.
The late-night research spiral, the Reddit rabbit holes, the conflicting forum posts — that's not the fun part. The fun part is the build. We handle the research so you can get to the build.
Ready to build?
No more PDFs. No more forum archaeology. Just the build you've been imagining.