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…
Friction Fiction? Link to Part 1 HERE . Zio Lorenzo was doing the equivalent of "channel surfing" the other day on that popular internet site for people to upload video of all kinds. More and more these seemed aimed …
Slippery When Wet Been following the season's last grand tour? Our friend at BikeRaceInfo was pretty excited: " This year, 2023, will go down as one of the finest seasons in cycling history. This year’s Vuelta will b…
The Triumph of Marketing? Perhaps it's a case of getting old? Is it just Zio Lorenzo who sees marketing prowess overcoming pretty much everything else when it comes to selling consumer products? Is Apple stuff really superi…
Brooklyn 50 Years On One of our favorite events in recent years has been the GIOS Raduno. Lovers of the blue bicycles come from all over to join together for a ride and lunch afterwards. Marco Gios and his friends do a lot of wo…
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 this the definition of ADVERTORIAL? THIS we mean. Zio hates to even link to this "content" I guess you'd call it? Back when he knew print magazine folks the joke was the articles they wrote were just stuff t…
Distracted Cycling? Pro cyclist Gino Mader (above) was killed in the Tour of Switzerland recently. So far there are no real witnesses to describe what happened and the investigation continues as we type this. Crash scene photos …
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 …
The Queen of the Classics 2023 NOT the cobbles of northern France - just the streets of Napoli Nope, we didn't go see Paris-Roubaix live again. Once was enough. Watching on TV on Easter Sunday was just fine, especially when …
RIP UGO DEROSA Another of the greats has gone. Ugo DeRosa , one of Italy's greatest framebuilders is dead at 89. Zio remembers Viterbo framebuilder Serafino Tomi telling a story from the time he worked with Cino Cinelli.…