Tag: Italian bikes
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Italian Racing Bicycles
When I started to get serious about road riding and racing in the mid 80s, I bought a Suntour equipped Trek 500 (just like the one on the cover of the ’85 catalog). It was a fine bike, especially considering the fact that it cost less than 300 bucks, but from the first time I…
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A monster bike and much more
So…what do you do when those 4” tires on your Surly Pugsley just don’t seem wide enough anymore? You have no choice but to built your own monster bike like the one show here (found via Marcus Santiago on Google +). If those tires don’t seem wide enough, you can always use a dragster tire…
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Yann Lewandowski’s Cinelli Laser 2012 Concept
If you have been cycling for a long time, you no doubt remember the beautifully sculpted Cinelli Laser from the 80s (or better yet, this version). Those bikes were, and still are, highly coveted (by me at least). There has been some talk about a limited edition reissue of the Laser for about a year…
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Home from Italy
I am finally back in the U.S. after a really great trip to Italy. I spent an exhausting couple of days in Milan at start of the trip for Salone del Mobile and other Design Week events. After that, my wife and I traveled to Florence and Rome for a much needed week of vacation.…
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Picchio carbon bicycle by Nicola Guida
Nicola Guida is an Italian designer who created this racing frame for Picchio, a small manufacturer of racing cars based in Ancarano, Italy. The bike design was his final student project, and Picchio helped him out with the construction of a prototype. See more of Nicola’s renderings (shown with Campagnolo components of course) and a…
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A few good links
I am pressed for time today, but I do want to quickly pass along a few links that some of you readers have recently sent my way. Brian just got back from a trip to Florence Italy. He took a ton of great shots of city bikes on the street (like the Atala pictured here).…