Sancineto Strada
To an aficionado of custom Italian road racing bicycles, a Sancineto is considered Holy Grail territory. Regardless of their desirability, however, they are still one…
Bike brands from Italy
Colnago Arabesque
Ernesto Colnago’s Arabesque was a celebration of everything there was to love (or hate) about Italian racing steel from the early 80s. An elaborate flourish…
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Tommasini Strada
Simon Rich recently sent through some photos of his Tommasini Strada that had been built up with the usual level of perfection by Melbourne’s Dan…
Biascagne Cicli Umberto Dei
Biascagne Cicli is a partnership dedicated to the restoration and art of the bicycle, located in Treviso, a city in the north of Italy. Treviso…
Paris-Roubaix winner: Roger de Vlaeminck’s Gios
Presented here in collaboration with Rouleur Magazine is an excerpt from Issue 25, a photo essay by Paolo Ciaberta with words by Rohan Dubash, a…
Somec MAX Road
Another Italian marque that’s renowned for delightfully over-the-top paint schemes, Somec originated in the 1960s by Giro d’Italia mechanic Oliviero Gallegati and named as the…
Concorde TVT 92
The French aerospace company, TVT, produced some of cycling’s first carbon fiber tubes. Their technology was utilized by various marques, including LOOK and Bottechia. Concorde,…
F. Moser Cromovelato
Italians have a natural propensity for embellishment, regardless of the application. Their passionate enthusiasm for cycling has created a fertile environment for decoration: if they’re…
Interview: Dario Pegoretti
Dario Pegoretti is one of the most colorful characters in the bicycle industry. His hand-painted frames (coupled with his technical innovations and custom drawn Columbus…
Zullo Vergine
Some classic Italian marques just go to seed in their golden years, forgoing the integrity their name was built upon for the sake of a…
Pelizzoli Leggenda
For fans of classic Italian racing bicycles, the re-emergence of Giovanni Pelizzoli must be a welcome sight. You should be familiar with his Ciocc marque…
Brazzo Extra
Andrea from Eroica Cicli recently encountered this classic Italian steed, and had a chance to meet Bruno Brazzo during his last trip to Italy. Bruno…
A Colnago C35 with Ferrari-inspired paint
The C35 was a commemorative model created to celebrate Colnago’s 35th anniversary in 1989. It was one of the first frames to be manufactured using…
Sannino Pista
One of my favorite motorcycle blogs, The Vintagent, writes an irregular post titled ‘How You Find Them’, dedicated to those miraculous barnyard finds that inevitably…
Concorde Aquila
I have a soft spot for Giovanni Pellizoli’s frames—Concorde, Paganini and especially Conti. I have a rosso corsa Conti in my garage, which was my…
