A rainbow jersey for gravel racing? Here's the link to the story Zio stole the photo from. Is Zio Lorenzo the only one who smells an industry-created rainbow jersey here? I mean, c'mon..you already created a Hall of Fa…
Vacation...from vacation? Yes, we know. Once you retire you're always "on vacation", right? So we'll call this a little trip - up to Piedmont where CycleItalia's HQ used to be. First things first, right? Lu…
Is Cycling the New Golf? Not for sale see more here WTF? Pinarello will be sold again ? Wow! As the article said, they cashed-out in 2016, becoming owned by the same company hawking all kinds of, well, let's just say over-…
FAVALORO PUMA NTE If you can't see this, go here. Or here . Made to measure in Italy. Under 12 kg. Available through our friends at Albabici. Get in line behind Heather!!! When this first hit the TV Favaloro couldn't …
Be careful who you buy from! "Fausto" (shown above) has been a challenge, mostly due to issues with the brakes. We found a handlebar Heather likes along with the right-length stem. We've purchased a few other Bi…
Winter in Sicily Along the Rossana Maiorca trail north of us. Apologies if you're shoveling snow now, but this is as wintry as it gets here. Pro teams used to come down here for winter training as we've noted before but …
Plastic, electric, hydraulic...oh my! Heather poses with her new bike But electronic it's not! Zio Lorenzo (her personal mechanic) drew the line there. He's already grudgingly accepted Shimano vs Campagnolo , hydraulic…
GRAVEL...far from new...but.. ...this one has a twist. Heather's new Bianchi has something different. Can you tell what it is? Above is a clue. And the rear wheel hub is the giveaway, Mahle's E-bike Motion X35 system. …
Gravel Hall of Fame "Gravel" cycling circa 1920 The "Biggest Midget in the Room Award" goes to the Gravel Hall of Fame . Zio Lorenzo couldn't have said it better himself! What fame? I think the "ca…
Buone feste! That's what they say here in Italy at holiday time. If you're like us you probably already have pretty much everything you want/need for cycling so why not spend some holiday gift money to help people who re…
Bikes, beer, cars. Our friends at BikeRaceInfo had a story about a big merger in the bike industry. Scroll down from this page to read it, but the basic story was: Dorel Sports, the parent group of Cannondale, Schwinn and GT w…
Not Fugly The bike painted up for Italian national champ Sonny Colbrelli is a lot better looking than that awful DeRosa thing we showed awhile back. Now that Colbrelli is also European champ, will this bike be ditched for a bori…
More brake than you'll ever need! Ever since disc brakes for road bikes were introduced Zio Lorenzo thought if you're gonna have 'em (and for him the jury is still out on 'em) there should be two up front, just …
Only in Italy - Part 2 Regular readers will remember Part 1, the story of Zio Lorenzo 's broken bike. Here's the rest of the story: Marco and Aldo Gios saved the day almost one year ago but Zio 's gorgeous, made-to-…
ORGOGLIO ITALIANO 2020 Zio Lorenzo notes that for the first time in awhile, all three Grand Tours in 2020 were won using Italian-branded bicycles. The Colnago bike even had Campagnolo components! Giro d'Italia - PINARELLO…
Piedmont Cycling Resort - visit by GIOS Piedmont Cycling Resort may technically be closed but Hotel Ariotto is open-for-business! We came up for a brief visit and to collect some things from storage to bring back to Sicily with …