Category: Races and Events
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At the end of September I made my annual pilgrimage to Chianti . I choose the 1985 Colnago Kwantum Decosol , ex Adrie Van Der Poel Cyclocross bike. I rode it before back in 2016 at my first L’Eroica . I built with a Campagnolo Rally rear derailleur , Stronglight 86 bcd crank arms ,…
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Ride highlight of the year is always L’ Eroica Gaiole, and 2023 did not disappoint. I managed to get Sr Beppe Saronni to sign a Del Tongo team jersey while he was at the Colnago stand, and he later signed a copy of his book for me too… Photo thanks to my friend, legendary German…
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The other Sunday (December 18th) I went to Cambiago , Milan for the afternoon to attend the opening of Sr Ernesto Colnago’s collection at it’s new, publicly accessible home, La Collezione… I thanked Sr Colnago again, he was in good spirits. I also thanked Alessandro Brambilla .. The opening was attended by a small crowd,…
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I was fortunate to receive an invite from Sr Ernesto Colnago and his grandson , Alessandro Brambilla , to the launch event in Milan of Sr Colnago’s collection in it’s new home, La Collezione. Outside I managed to catch Beppe Saronni and Gianni Motta.. I saw Sr Colnago , who was gracious to give me…
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At King Carube’s Lucca , Tuscany ride .
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My friend, the legendary pro-race mechanic, Sr Roberto Lencioni organises a vintage ride from his hime town of Lucca, in Tuscany. He invited me to attend, which was an honour. Roberto is fellow Lucca resident Mario Cippolini’s personal race mechanic.
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I attended HRH The Queen’s Royal Pageant this year, as an early ‘80’s cyclist. The event was directed by Hemingway design, and I managed to meet Mr Wayne Hemingway, a nice man. I rode my 1985 second generation Colnago Nuovo Mexico…
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At the beginning of May, I flew to Venice to attend the Novo Eroica Prosecco Hills gravel ride. I took my Colnago Rabonbank Team Lux Dream CX , which I ‘gravel-ised’ with an XTR long cage mtb rear derailleur and a large ratio sprocket cassette. I turned up at the start point the day before…
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I went to this at the end of May, and took this Eddy Merckx Professional circa 1982, with a Campagnolo Victory Eroica spec set up (compact type). It was good to bump into old friends, Eugenio Simoncini was in a bar so we had a Spritz… Eugenio is the third generation of his family working…
