QUASI QUASI MI FACCIO L'EROICA - Milano, Londra, Gaiole in Chianti: avventure semiserie di un neofita del ciclovintage

Author: Lino Gallo

The love for eroica cycling, collectioning, vintage and l'Eroica narrated from within.

- Language: Italian
- Pages: 192
- Size: 13 x 20 cm
- Paperback
- ISBN: 9788865491386

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How can, all of a sudden, a quiet neo-retired Milan until recently virtually fasting cranks, saddles and handlebars, come irresistibly overwhelmed by the craze for hystoric cycling, one of the bikes with steel frame, gearbox throttle and straps to the pedals, the coarse mesh and leather helmets? Quasi quasi mi faccio l'Eroica is the chronicle of a self-deprecating "initiatory path" toward heaven-hell of vintage cycling: from procuring the bike fits, indeed, from the build it piece by piece, searching like a bloodhound from e-bay and stalls, to dress in a manner best suited to the noble challenge; but, above all, how to prepare to ride the magical roads of Chianti. Mock-heroic adventure, through thick and thin, enthusiasm and discouragement; encounters with the great craftsmen of the bicycle and with shrines of cycling; participation in the collective ritual of the Tour of Italy; passionate photograph of Milan not only cycling, the Navigli to the suburbs, and in London, the Mecca of urban cyclist; up to participation coveted ciclostorica and moved to fulfillment of fatigue, signed by the arrival stamp on the team sheet.