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Gravel World Champs

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…

Vintage Cycling

Bici d'Epoca Fall is coming and (thankfully) things are cooling off a bit here in Sicily though the tourists seem as plentiful as ever. Must be the post-pandemic surge combined with the weak euro? Autumn also means vintage cy…

La Mitica 2022

La Mitica 2022 Geez, almost a month with no posts!! What have we been up to? Heather has been running some academic conferences, we enjoyed a trip to the Aeolian Islands and last week we came up to Piedmont for a couple of week…

Slam that stem!

Slam that stem? Fausto Coppi 1940 We see and hear plenty about not having any spacers under your stem these days. Of course back in " Il Campionissmo "s day the quill stem simply moved up or down inside the steerer tub…

With Wings on Their Wheels - Campagnolo

"CON LE ALI ALLE RUOTE" Zio Lorenzo 's not big on podcasts but he enjoyed this six-part series about Campagnolo * very much. He found it sort of buried on their website and then searched for the English version. To…

Fausto Coppi in Siracusa?

COPPI IN SIRACUSA Here's a photo of Fausto Coppi in Siracusa from November 1947. Who knew Il Campionissimo was here? Next to him is local guy (from Floridia , a place we ride past regularly) Gino Agliec o . There was a G…

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