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www.cykelnmag.altervista.org
Editor:Niccol Poppi
Art dirEction:Claudio di Santo
grAphic/illustrAtion: Simone duman Marinelli
on thE covEr:Il Giardino - Simone duman Marinelli
info:[email protected]
AdvErtising:[email protected]
pistA:Riccardo Volpe
rEcipEs:Francesca Serani
criticAl EYE:Carlotta Patara
photo crEdits:Peter Piper // Monia C. Pescatori // Garrett Chow // Mike
Mash // Paolo Mottadelli
2012 by Cykeln Mag
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise, without prior written permission of Cykeln M agazine.
Every two months, we release this product and every two months we look back and understand
that it is still much work to be done, because we want to make something CYKELN full of fun, but
especially interesting for many readers who love bikes and more.
For this we will try to implement the magazine as improving but mostly content, and we will follow
the way of communication, trying to lm and photograph more and more what happens to us and
what we think might be of interest to the community of bikers. We welcome Massimo Bacci in
fact, that from this number enters in the role of team Cykeln to tell our stories through the lens of the
camera and that will help us in the implementation of the website which no doubt will improve in
the coming months.
There will be several improvements in the magazine and in the activities that follow, consistent with
the resources we have and I speak as economic course.
Anyway, the important thing is pedaling and seek ever new ways to communicate our passion.
Take the opportunity to thank all those who write to us, and we apologize i f we can not respond to
all proposals that are made for collaboration, but believe we are very caught up in trying to close
every month in addition to the articles and there is much more work free time.
Speaking of this issue, I can say that there are several interesting article s and Im sure youll have to
read what they tell us our characters.
I speak of Serano Tomi no doubt that he would have stories to tell for a full almanac ... but also
our friends Pier Lofrano who juggles the bmx and bike polo!
We are overjoyed to have on our pages Chas Mash Sf, Gus Molina and Garrett Chow art director
specialized that open always a beautiful window over the ocean! We regret not being able to
nalize the interview with Liz Hatch because of its many races could not nish the interview, but
no doubt well nd it i n the next issue ... who knows maybe with a special photo shoot done ri ght
by us of Cykeln!
So even this time we hope to have you satised, we wish you happy reading!
Safe Ride
Niccol Poppi
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Peter Piper
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SerafnoTomi
FrancescasRecipes
RiccardoVolpe
Garrett Chow
PietroPierLorano
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InstagrabChas Christiansen58Fix
ation
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drewRomashiya
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64 68 74
CriticalEye
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What do you to or living?I work or Brick Lane Bikes as shop manag-
er and I deal mainly with the care o the site,
FB, Twitter, etc. as well as the classic custom-
er service, various airs we attend and all the
everyday lie that every bike shop has. In theory
I would have an oce job but there is no day
when I get home with your hands ree o grease
and oil! In addition to Brick Lane Bikes i am
co-ounder o the 5th oor (the5thoor.co.uk)
and the 5th store (the5thstore.co.uk) which
means that in addition to the week and also the
weekend dedicated to bikes.
How did you get yoursel involved inthe fxed gear scene?The xed gear bike was part o my lie since
childhood, I was born and raised in ront o
a velodrome, I spent hours on the balcony
watching amateurs and proessionals train and
compete, but not been up to 5 years ago that
I decided to test one to go around town, rom
there I have not stopped! I had a bad accident
two years ago that let me with the ligaments o
the knee to pieces so my gear ratio at the time
and what could use a child (48x18), but at least
I had to leave and go to the brakes.
How do you see this fxed gearexplosion? Like a ashion periodor like an explosion o passionatepeople?It s amazing, as I said beore, I grew up in
a country in Emilia, so or me the bike and
always been something more than natu-
ral, never abandoned, even during periods
scooter or car, but I have to admit that the
interest in our world and grown incredibly in
recent years. When I moved to London a ew
years ago cyclists stationary bike could be
counted on the ngers o one hand, they are
now hundreds o thousands, not just cyclists
xed, so-called commuters have increasedvisibly, just think that every morning there are
roughly 1.2 million o cyclists on the streets o
the city! And this applies not only to London,
working or a large European distributor like
Brick Lane Bikes - BLB Bigmama, are aware
o the exponential that cycling has had in
recent years!
Favourite olimpics track rider.
Jason Kenny or sure.
We know that you are one o the
An Italian guy in England
INTERVISTA DI:
CLAUDIO DI SANTO
FOTO DI:
PETER PIPER
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mind behind The 5th Floor would you tell
us more?Then, the 5th oor is the result a bit random 3
years ago, on the roo o a car-park in east London.
Precisely on the th oor o this building there
was every Tuesday evening or beers, wheelies and
racing skid as ar back as 2007, and o course as
usually happens by a group o dozens o people
agree that some go more with others and so it was
that I along with other riends decided to create
a blog to document our various rides. All this and
evolved into a site, a web-shop, a team participat-
ing in various Criterium around the world, the only
thing that is not changed, and our riendship and
our way o seeing the world o urban cycling, un
and joy, putting the pubs and parties beore training
:) Belonging Seriously, I am the most estive o all,most o the guys on the team are training every day,
rain, snow or shine it is.
You, who are an Italian moved to London,what are the major dierences in the
London scene and in the Italian one?It dicult to answer, having never lived ully the
Italian scene, but I can say that the London scene
and comparable to ew others in the world, perhaps
only in New York and Portland. All the people I have
come to nd Patrick and Jason Pedal Consumption
o Macarama to Josh Frenk and Matthew Iride were
impressed by the amount huge stationary bike
around the city, even at this time, I look out the win-
dow and see 2 and 3 cyclists xed track bike parked
on the street! I eel ortunate to see everything daily.
Redhook criterium, in your opinion who
can win the New York edition?Well, I have several riends who will compete in the
boys in the 5th oor New York train a lot and areaiming or a good nish, then I have my great riend
Marc (Tokyo Fixed) that knee operation permitting,
should do very well. Obviously sarrebbe nice to
see an Italian on the podium, Frenk Martucci could
represent us well!
What you miss most o Italy (i you miss
it)?The sun! For ood I can remedy the nest ingredi-
ents and cook what I want here, too, the culture
o ood and certainly diferent but nding good
ingredients and possible and whereas I love cooking
everything is more simple, unortunately or the sun
does not c and much I can do. The good thing that
here the reverse and rather mild, and the temperature
goes below 0 or a week every year, but the summer
never exceeds 30 degrees, the ideal or me would be
40!
I you have to give an advice to a neophiteso the fxed gear what would yourecommend?Do not spend a ortune on the rst bike and use an
easy relationship. Although my work is selling bikes, I
always recommend everyone not to spend too much
on the rst bike, is something used or the beginning
and especially avoid those crap o Chinese bikes thatare more dangerous than anything else. Regarding
the report, I see people who come into the store and
not evendo never shot sevomotor want to use a 48x13
because he sees riders on the track or in the criterium
with these gears, then they go out or the rst round
and they understand that they can not stop! There
is nothing wrong with having a slight relationship,
especially in cities where itmore important learning
accelerating / braking rather than whiz in open roads.
Future plans?Future projects there are many, last year and closed
with collaborations with Levis and the Design Muse-
um, and this year will be worked hard or collabora-
tion Brick Lane Bikes x H & M which will be launched
in March, the 5th oor has program to get some trip in
Europe and New York, then there Bespoke Bristol, Eu-
robike the London Nocturne criterium and Red Hook.
The 5th oor is working on some new prints and new
products that will be launched in the spring to not
orget the new team kit that will be available very
shortly. The kit was tested or months and months
and a ew days ago we arrived at the nal design and
that production at the moment, Im looking orward
to it and go or the rst ride :)
Peter Piper
www.the5thfoor.co.uk
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CLAUDIO DI SANTO
Hello Andrew, frst o all thanksto be here with us on the
virtual pages o Cykeln. Whois Andrew Romashyna and why is on abicycle magazine?Im a Toronto city bike messenger, Ive been do-
ing this or about 5 years(still a rookie to some!)
And I love to race! Alley cats, sprints, mini
dromes and Cycle Messenger World Champi-
onships. When Im not riding Im usually chilling
with my girl, taking photos and eating indian
take out. I would say that this interview has
happened through the exposure o racing, and
being hooked up by Bikes on Wheels and Ynot.
I owe those guys a lot!
In which way you start riding bike andworking as messenger?A riend lent me their track bike or day one
summer years back and I have been hooked
ever since! The messenger job was just going to
be something temporary while I was in between
work and deciding on where to make a home.
Years later its my entire lie and Im lucky to
love my work this much.
How is Toronto as city to ride ? Canyou describe us the urban movment ofxed gear there?Toronto is an interesting but very challenging city
to ride in. We have street cars(trolleys) here and
the tracks can be traitorous. There are some bikelanes and bike trails along the lake but the city
is so busy that during the good weather theyre
overcrowded and youre better to be out on the
road. Cabs are crazy here and a lot o motorists
have a hate or cyclists. Toronto is still very be-
hind in recognizing the importance o bikes and
how much healthier the city could be i more o
the inrastructure was designed or them. There
is a big xed gear, track bike ollowing here but it
eels very spread out. People are s lowly making
the efort to organize more group track rides and
sprints.
GIRO PRIVATEER SHOES
Andrew is a passionate cyclist and
bike messenger in Toronto, Canada.
One o the astest couriers o the
city streets. It team member on
Bike Wheel and rider or YNOT a
abulous ciclocina o fxed gear
bike based in Toronto. Andrew is a
veteran when it comes to trac, and
more recently alleycat race Criteriumrace.Noi o Cykeln sincerely love the
way to turn in fxed and we decided
to ask him some questions. To you
Andrew Romashyna.
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Why do you think, the messenger jobhad this incredible rising attenction inthose years? Any differences from thebiginning?Its hard to say why so much attention has come
to messengers? We certainly havent seen any
benets in pay rom the increased attention. I
think people see us as rebels, ree to ride around
like maniacs all day in the sunshine?! Truth is you
really need to be organized, responsible and sel
motivated to earn a living as a bike messenger. I
really cant explain why some people think its
such a cool job? But I love it and the more people
riding bikes the better, so its all good.
What do you prefer: Alleycat race orCriterium race?Ive never raced a criterium so thats a tough one
to answer. I love alley cats and all the chaos, but
theyre also really dangerous and I eel a little bad
being so reckless in open trac.(Only a little bad
though) Im really looking orward to racing the
redhook crit next month, so Ill let you know then
how they compare.
Tell us more about this new adventurefor the Red hook NY 2013 are youready?The red hook crit is a brakeless track bike race
that you run laps o on a closed course through
brooklyn. There are a 100 riders that race it and
its 33 kms o all out riding! I missed registering
or it last year but made sure to get registered on
the day they opened it this year! Im going to be
racing on an All City Thunderdome! Which they
were nice enough to send up to Bikes on Wheels
or me ater some bad luck with other bikes. Its a
badass looking bike! Big thanks to All City. I eel
like Im physically ready or the race, I ride every-
day or work, Ive been using rollers, running on
the weekends and my girlriend introduced me to
yoga recently. Im really ocused on doing well in
this race but also dont know what to expect. Im
ready or the adventure!
Can you describe us your perect bikeset up to ride : the city, the alleycat and acriterium? Some dierences?I think this redhook crit is going to be a true test
o my cycling ability. Because o how there isnt
outside obstacles to deal with like there are in
alley cats. No cars, pedestrians, trac lights or hid-
den check points to deal with in the crit. Just how
ast you can go and i you can hold the pace. And I
told you about my perect bike set up already.
We truly would love to have you in Italyor some rides, any plan to come?I love taking bike trips! Riding a bike in new cities
and countries is a great way to really get a eel or
the place. I had a track bike with me in Brazil when
I lived there. And Ive made a ew bike trips around
the states with my girlriend and other Toronto
messengers. Coming to italy to ride would be a
dream! right now Im trying to put away enough
money to Travel to Switzerland this summer to
compete in the 2013 CMWCs. But Id love to but a
plan together or italy in the near uture!
Are there some riders in USA or Canadathat really inspired you?Ci sono davvero molti riders che ammiro sia qui
There are so many riders I admire both here in
Toronto and across North America. In Toronto Id
have to say Kevin Barnhorst(placed 10th at the
Worlds in chicago) You havent seen someone
crush an alleycat till youve rode one with kev! And
Lewis Ciddor, Australian(8th at the worlds) both
are Toronto messengers that push it everyday and
are both really ast! Austin Hoarse is a machine that
wins almost anything he races! Jef Oneil out o
philly, Big Will out o Montreal(monster on a bike)
Just about every messenger I know in Toronto is
good people and pretty damn ast! But I also dont
get too caught up in the scene o it. The most
important part is that you love to ride and set your
own goals and do it or cause its un!
Any last words or the riders and readero Cykeln?Really cool or having me here with you guys. I
hope that gave you a little insight into what mybike lie is all about! And I really want to make
that bike trip to italy sometime soon! Thanks again,
ride sae homies!
Andre Romashyna
www.acebook.com/andrew.romashyna
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GusMolina
Not all the trick masters are tiny and small.
First o all who i s Gus Molina? where you rom, how old are you!!!
Gus Molina is a human that was born in the depths o the great coun-
try o Honduras in the year 1988
How did you get involved into riding bikes and what inuenc-es your way to ride?I started riding Bmx when I was about 13 my dad bought me some really
shitty mongoose and I remember snapping the bars on it and it gutting me
in the stomach Im pretty sure I still have the scar. Creativity is what really
inuences me to ride
I recently saw you on Cant ool the Youth dvd and tell my-sel i really want to know this guy, because is the frst BIGguy i ever see riding like you!!! How do you consider your
way to ride? And what represent or you the concept o Fixedgear?
Low and slow is what I would consider my riding haha John prolly came up
with that term and its pretty much stuck with it ever since haha the concept
o xed gear to me is just like being one with the bike I guess
What kind o trick you truly love doing during your sessions?Anything really I just like riding my bike, but I like wheelie combos
Can you describe us your perect bike set up?Either 4 pegs or no pegs
How you consider the fxed gear scene ater those year rid-ing? I mean, do you think the fxed gear way to ride changedrom the beginning?Oh yeah I mean in a reestyle sense it has a lot it went rom carbon/alumi-
num rames skinny wheels and super narrow bars to ull chromoly rames
Gus Molina
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dif geo taller wider bars pegs and bigger tires.
Did you ride in other countries ? Any plan tocome in Italy or a road trip by bike or travel-ling plans coming up?I wish I have had an opportunity to ride in other countries
and as ar as trip I dont got anything plan at the moment
:(
What do you think about Video clip in gen-eral ? Can you describe your part on Cant oolthe youth DVD?I think edits help the sport a lot lets people know what is
going on the Fgs world haha my part in cty was lmed
in like 2 years and I didnt know Zane was actually going
to make a DVD out o it and that was a big surprise i I
knew that I would have tried harder in my part hahaha
but it was cool how big it blew up.
Looking the clips on web, i understood youlove party and enjoy the moments withriendsCan you give us three words to de-scribe your perect week end!!!Bikes, beach & hanging
Any last words?I just want to thank you nicco or asking me to inter-
viewed all my sponsors Skylmt, us versus them, wrahw,
burro bags, Csk and spun shout out to everyone I
ever met through riding. Long live roman
Gus Molina
www.twitter.com/eyelurk
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PTalk about Serano Tomi, is
to speak also o the history o
Cinelli, which is very Tomi
bound and or which he has worked or
more than 5 years. In the words o the arti-
san rame builder, he eels a deep respect
or the great riend Cino Cinelli rom whom
he learned a lot, beore leaving Milan or ex-
peri-ing its rames under the name o TOMI.
Today we meet him in his Viterbo, the city
where he learned how to build and weld the
rst rames and try to nd out more about
his lie and his relationship with the Cinelli
amily.
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SIMONE DUMAN MARINELLI
FOTO DI:
MONIA C. PESCATORISERAFINO
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What is the most vivid memory of your years in contact with Cino Cinelli
and how you came to work for him?
It was a great experience: beore going to Milan already tried to make the rames here in Viterbo,
pro-ducevo and I sold my bike. One day I had the opportunity to contact the Cinelli because I had
dispatch to a wrong piece, and thats how I met Cino. Ater a while I asked him i I could show him my rames to
know i I made them good or bad and maybe stay in Milan to learn this wonderul art, and he replied, Come when
he wants to. All o this happened in 1975, I was 35 years old. The rst thing he asked me when I arrived was: But ..
do you have the plan o eedback?. I did not know it-even what it was (laughs). So I started to commute. Cino was
a man with a great heart as soon as I arrived in Milan took me to Valsassina, in the 30s and 40s had been oreman o
the Whites, while 76-year old (here when he created his company called him up as his rame builder to retirement in
the 80s). Cino said, teaches how to make the rames to my riend and the I began working with the le.
Cino at that time was building rames?Noooo, Cino drew them. He always had on his
desk papers with drawings o conjunctions, drop-
outs ... and then at the time, when I arriv ed he had
already its good 70 years. At that time Cinelli was
a leader in the proession, created many rames
even though they had the same trademark.
Tell us the most original innovations inwhich you participated?I spent a lot ... and they were all real. When I end-
ed a ram, had to pleasure
to me, rst and oremost, otherwise i could not
sell. Oten just when I ended it, I edited it immed-
itly when it was rough and it was so. A day i drew
the pantograph Cinelli logo on the ront o the
rame and the inscription in the sides, then I went
to Viterbo and in the evening, while I was hav-
ing dinner with my wie, I put on the table and I
thought: what i i insert colour in the symbol
Italian ag type?, I have orange, green and yellow
... There I spent a whole night. Shortly ater i came
back to Milan Cinelli want to produce it.
According to you at that time whatmade them special the rames builted byCinelli?At that time, when you say Cinell, you was saying
everythings, was the top, rom clothing to sur-
ace plates, everybody was ollowing the opinion
o Cino Cinelli.
What about subcontracting jobs to othercompanies in years 80, is that true?Brrrrrrr ...the subcontracts were to be considered
absolutely normal, the production o rames was
huge: or proessionals, or dealers who then built
bikes and put stickers o their own brand ...
I read that ater 1983, the rames were
made by Giovanni Losa, you knowsomething about this?Until 1985, when I was there, I am not aware o.
Maybe he gives an external hand: being still a
good rame Builder his pieces are highly sought
ater.
Steel or carbon?Steel is the best or me, everything has its charm.
But today people seeks lightness. At the time I
was able to make very lightweight steel bike, I
used PL Columbus tubes oten (Pista light) or
road bikes and welded all at low temper-ature in
order not to lose the degrees. Never had broken
again, walking very well! And weight mounted to
9 kg.
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Do you still build rames?Recently I created a couple o rames or Amer-
ican customers. Should I re-create a workshop
or mysel, I oten think about, but here in Viter-
bo there is not much demand on steel. I could
have organize and do a actory working on
carbon steel, aluminum with 4 children all in the
workshop, but it was not the place ... maybe i I
had stayed in the north
Ater 60years, did you eel tired to goon bike?NEVERi would be always on bike, also because
now there are my 4 childrens working or me in
the shop ( laughs )
Do you think that the job o ramemaker, in the more classic sense o theterm, is a trade in endangered species,or that the new wave o interest in the
world o cycling can improve this art alittle set aside in previous years?The job o rame maker has lapsed by time, I
hope that someone do it, it takes such a lot o
passion and nights broken down!
Do You have or the readers o Cykeln(all o whom are very young), somenews, concerning particular cyclingchampions rom those years andnobody has ever said?Adorni, Bitossi ... all o my age, Ive ran with
them! At the time it was dicult to turn and do
the races especially living in Viterbo, Central
Italy, on newsstands we havent even TUTTO
CICLISMO. In Milan were ar ahead o us.
I ran that I was old: a 28-year-old and already
had 3 children. When I was a kid we had to work otherwise not taking
bread at home!
We appreciate the time you have spent and will leave youwith a request or a message to all the guys who want togo back to the crat o rame builder. What can you tellthem?First o all thank you to Cykeln and I wish you soon to arrive on news-
stands with your magazine! Regarding the crat o rame builder, its
hard, you have to have passion. I wish the young people who want to
do this job all the good o the world and to concludell tell you a short
story: one evening near my house in the country there was my in-laws
small house, which I had used to colour my rames, I was working
there, when around 11.45 I heard loud noises, gunshots (boomburu-
boomm) continues ... guess what what were those shots?
New Year Eve.
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Nothing under the beard
CRITICAL EYE
di Carlotta Patara
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The man behind Specialized
design and MashSF
So, frst o all who is Garrett Chowand why you are on a cyclingmagazine?
Im a bike-guy--I ride bikes. I race bikes. I design,
paint and work with bikes. Thinking about, med-
itating on, and otherwise ocusing my lie on the
pursuit o things two-wheeled is what I do. The
ever-orward movement, the overcoming o the
sometimes struggles, the reedom and inde-
pendence bicycles can bring are all reasons why
Ive chosen to devote my lie to them. My love
afair with bikes came at a very early age, and
its a sport and liestyle that I will practice to the
end o my days.
Concurrently, and paralleling my love o bikes,
Ive been drawing and making stuf--zines,
t-shirts, yers--or an equally long time. My eld
o study is graphic design and illustration, so
I guess its logical that I be working on things
that marry the two--bikes and design.
When and why you started riding fxedgear bikes?I built my rst xed gear in 2002. Id taken some
time away rom riding, ocusing ull-time on my
art with a street art project called, The London
Police. I had subsequently built a single-speed
city bike. The xed gear was the next step. The
reasons many list or its appeal: simplicity, the
purity o movement --all those things resonated
and spoke to me. I was living in The Netherlands
at the time, and a drivetrain that aired-well in
the inclement weather (especially during the
Winter months), was another reason I chose
to build up a xed gear. Shortly thereater, I
started riding in the velodrome in Sloten, out-
side Amsterdam. My riend and I were the only
people to ride the same bike to the velodrome,
and then on it. We always spent the rst part o
our time at the track meticulously cleaning our
bikes and tires especially, so as not to dirty or
damage the boards.
We all know that you are the co-ounder o MASH, when all began?I cant take credit or co-ounding MASH. I was
visiting home, in San Francsico rom Amster-
dam when I was introduced to Mike Martin and
Gabe Morord (the two ounders o MASH) by
my dear riend Benny Weiner (Benny Gold).
Mike and Gabe had started lming a small
group o riends as a simple means to show
what, and how each was tackling the hills and
streets o the city. Mike and Gabe are both
meticulous documenters o lie, whether on
or of the bike; and always have cameras with
them--its just what they do, and how they see
the world--there was never a conscious decision
to log ootage and to make a movie. Rather,
as both still and moving-images began com-
piling--as well as local and national interest in
xed gear and track bikes began to grow--it eltlike a natural progression to share these images
with riends outside our immediate circle.
Shortly thereater, Benny designed the MASH
logotype and shield, and I continued shaping
the outward look and graphic-language o what
has become the MASH brand. My background is
in graphic design and illustration, with a ocus
on brand-identity. Ive worked or many design
agencies whose ocus is brand-building, so I
was able to ofer the oundation or a unied
and cohesive look-and-eel, and to help in steer-
ing how MASH presented itsel as things grew.
My early involvement with the project, both
as a rider, and through some o the skills and
talents I could share of the bike means that Ive
been able to build something with Mike that has
grown into an incredible project and labor-o-
love--happening how, and as it did as a simple,
natural matter o course--created by riends,
simply doing what they love.
There is, in your opinion a connectbetween the cyclocross and thecriterium race? Do you think thattraining yoursel in winter withcyclocross can beneft the training orthe criterium race?The two types o racing both happen on two
wheels. Outside that, there really are ew paral-
lels between the two. Race-strategy, (team) tac-
tics, pacing, the arc o how each race unolds;
and the undamental nature o the two disci-
plines are wholly diferent to one-another. There
are very ew athletes competing on the proes-
sional level who have balanced tness between
the two ull race-seasons. Focusing on one o
the two and using the other to tune tness and
race-psychology can be helpul.
You recently have been involved in anexhibition called All chips on the tablethe bicycle Art and design o Garrett
Chow , are you planning to do anotherone exhibition?There was initial talk o bringing the show at
the San Francisco Rapha Cycle Club to New
York, Portland, or even London. I hope this
can happen in the uture, but as yet, nothing is
on the books. However, the bicycle collection
o Michael Embacher, which is eatured in
the book, Cyclopedia, will be coming to the
Portland Art Museum in June, and Ive been
asked to show some o my bikes and art there.
Most o all our readers know you orthe involvement in MASH, but you areone o the mind behind the graphicdesign o a great worldwide bicyclebrand Specialized. Do you want toexplain to us which is your main role?Both are my main roles. I do both in almost
equal-measure and with equal investment, and
one helps me do the other through balancing,
tempering and inorming some o each in the
other. My paid/day-job is as Specializeds
lead graphic designer or Perormance Road
bicycles, wheels and components. I also ocus a
lot o my energy on designing Pro riders bikes--
Boonen, Cavendish, Contador, or example. As
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the exception. There is hope.
How oten do you ride your bike?I train nearly every day. I generally have a rest-
day on Monday, ater the weekends training,
riding or racing.
I got my drivers license at age 16, like most
guys in the US. But then I was car-ree or 15
years, and ironically, bought my rst car while
working in the bike-industry, at Specialized. I
choose to live in Santa Cruz, one hour North-
East o Morgan Hill, where Specialized is
located. Thereore, I spend 2 hours a day in
a commuter-van going to and rom work.
Otentimes, I will ride my bike home rom work,
but a car is a necessity on the nights I need to
stay late at work.
Favourite olympic track rider?Im a real an o the hour-record riders whose
exploits live both on the road and the track:
Merckx, Moser, Indurain, Rominger.
Track bike or road bike?Both. In equal measure and with the same love.
I, like many others was introduced to one be-
cause o the other. In the end, a true love o the
beautiul tapestry o cycling is what I eel most.
I explained earlier, MASH is something I do as a
labor-o-love. I believe that having that as the
primary motivator--as opposed to a paycheck
or instance--can help increase a projects
intrinsic-value over those born solely rom
economics. Passion, purity o heart, and love are
all much, much stronger motivators and drivers
than the dollar.
Do you think that the bike could be inthe near uture a revolution to the car?Isnt it already? I would argue that the bicycle
is the more prevalent orm o transportation, in
more places o the World than the automobile.
Globally, and based on the economics o it, rel-
ative ew can aford to own and operate a car.
The humble bicycle is truly the most democratic
orm o transportation in that respect.
That said, in societies where the car holds sway-
-the USA, or one--in times when cyclical gas
prices head above US$4.50/gallon, bike-sales
spike, and car-usage goes down. We can hope
that more and more o these air-weathered
riders will keep their bike as their ull-time
means o transportation as they see the health
and environmental benets in doing so--and ir-
respective o gas-prices. In places like Portland,
Oregon the bicycle is nearly the rule, rather than
We always give advice to our readersto improve their train program, do youhave any advice or advices?Get a coach. I you are training, why not deer
to the expertise o someone who is an expert
at it? It would be incredible to be able to ocus
solely on training, riding, racing, and recovery.
However, ew o us have that luxury. Thereore,
being as ecient and as ocused as possible
during the time we can spend training is truly
the smartest thing. Having an established, regi-
mented training-program and working toward a
set o goals all aide in maximizing the most o,
(and smartest) time in the saddle.
Do you want to thanks someone?My dad, Ivan showed me the value in working
hard, and being humble. I owe so much to both
he and my Mom.
And, I have so much gratitude and thanks or
the many (bike) amilies that have welcomed
me: MASH, Specialized, Rapha, Cinelli. I eel
blessed to have become riends with, and to
share lie with an incredible group o driven and
inspired individuals who also happen to have a
similar love o the bicycle. Because you ride a
bike wont necessarily mean we will be riends,
but I know that it is because o the bicycle that
some o the greatest adventures and experienc-
es weve shared and continue to orge rank as
those I cherish most and hold most dearly.
Grazie, Claudio! Respect to those respected.
Garrett Chow
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Oakley Jawbone
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Pietro is a cool guy who I met in Milan, one o those pre-summer evenings in the Colonne di San Lorenzo, and
Ive just been sympathetic, not only because it goes on bike, but because it is one o the old guard by hardcorer
that even I eel somewhat nostalgic part o bands like Detones and Glassjaw so to speak. I t is no coincidence on
his acebook page o his avorite quotes you will nd Everything you ever wanted to know about silence ( Cit. )
Clearly Pietro is a rider, and is one that pushes a lot o pedals! Ater considering several times also in Milan, and
chatted about music, I nally managed to Peck while ring o absurd tricks on the street and then at the BFF
this year at the park! And YES...Pier is a BMXer with cons pricks!! But here comes the Nice, because being a very
curious, the boy is also dedicated to Bike Polo, and then you will see it turn on his BMX with a converted, and
lenticular or polo! I took the opportunity to ask him some questions and learn more about Peter Pier Lorano.
S
o, who Pietro Pier Lorano is,and why is on the pages o Cykelnmag?
I am a little children o only 32 years old, i comerom Milano and i m on this mag, couse i use to
practice a lot o discipline on two wheels and
probably this is the reason why i am here. I truly
thank you or the great introduction you made
me, and conrm that eel the same or you!!
In which way you approached Bmx,tell us the emotions gave it to youthose years riding?It was in 2022, i saw some guys in paris who
was playng Flat, and i was shocked rom the
evolutions they where able to do. I have doc-
umented ( it was not easy at the time withut
internetso this means make Km to see, events
and search spot where other guys where riding
), and i ound that Bmx, means a lot o disci-
plines ( Street,dirt,at,vert,park).
Not having structures, logically i started with
the street, and so i began a street rider. The
emotions you eel while riding are dicult to
explain. What i most search riding is the har-
mony rom me, the bike and the street. Find it
means have an orgasm.lose it means getting
hurt
Any chances to compare with someother international riders? What do
you think about Bmx scene in Italy?Never did any international contest o something
like this. I have been many times abroad with
my bike, Toronto,Montreal, Barcellona, Monaco,
Valencia and i had the chance to ride with some
other riends who rides like bmx like me. The
Italian scene growed up so ast in those ew
years, rom this side we can call CHILLS NOT
SKILLS: Stean Lantshner,Simone Barraco are
some o the talented riderin the world, always
aborad making competitions, editing videos
and road trip. The new generation are bombedrom internet and think more playing hard,
then playing enjoing the ride. Wrost ever scene
about distributors and materials, there are no
technical brands or bmx
And how about Milan? Are there anyrivalry between riders ?Milano, is ucking strage!! From 2005 to 2008,
there was in my opinion the golden age: a ew
riders, super well together, a lot o riendship,
un and zero paranoia as ghetto star, zero crew,
no stupid territorialism! Lately there has been a
super explosion in numbers, and thereore it is
both raised the level, o pass me the term, pos-
ering. In Milan, there will be nearly 100 owners
o bmx, 20 o them run really, just run or un.
The others are more interested in the contours
o the useless thing, the product cool and light
(and then never use it), rivalry, competition,
euds, raternities and all that shit that are gen-
erated when what was underground becomes
mainstream.
Why did you approach the bike polo?It was also here a natural thing. I met the guys
rom Milan Bike Polo and I liked their attitude
right rom the start. At the millionth invitation to
try to play I agreed. I enjoyed it a lot, the thing
I could pretty well and I continued. You will nd
us every Wednesday at Leoncavallo to train and
bring mayhem!
What kind o competitiveness are inPolo? Similarities with the BMX?The polo scene is reminiscent o BMX current
o about ten years ago, or at least that is my
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hint. The polo, strongly growing, but still at the
you know all. There is harmony national and
even international. The competitiveness is high,
dilute the team rather than on the individual.
In common with bmx there is a balance on the
bike (although BMX on this aspect is taken to
the extreme), is instead very diferent approach
to the game that is a team and as such requires
tactics and group training. Another aspect com-
mon to both is that o the journey.
Give us three adjectives to defne theBmx and three adjectives to describethe Bike Polo!BMX = true, sharp, irresistible. Bike Polo = ad-
dictive, tactical, rude.
What do you think o all this hypeabout the fxed gear bike or Milan
which among other things has becomereally notice?Bohhh! Haha! No looks really do not know. I
do not have a xed gear bike and do not know
much about the scene. I ride a lot with the rac-
ing bike, and honestly have relationships behind
is a nice convenience. I can tell generic words
on the hype, which I think are worth to xed
gear, bmx, polo shirts, skateboards and all those
disciplines that develop rom underground cul-
tures: the rst is the clear distinction between
those who practice and who really has the
means but not practical: and already here we
cut high percentage o milanesotti ( people
who rideds or ashion ). The second, signi-
cantly raising the bar radical, describes it very
well these words o Lance Mountain: Riding a
skateboard does not make you a skateboard-
er, being unable to stop riding a skateboard is
what makes you a skateboarder.
Today you eel more attached to the
bike polo bmx or more?From a sport side to the BMX, humanly to the
Bike Polo.
Any last words to thank or sendsomeone to hell?I thank you! or the opportunity given to me
with this interview, I thank Paul Mottadelli or
photos, Carletto and all the old guard bmxer o
Milan, Alessandro and Federico Vezzoli o No-
soccer Civera, Alberto Pepe Southresh, David
Bozo Storelli or introducing me to bike Polo
and with him all the boys in Milan bike Polo, my
amily or not having ever bought the scooter
with Graziella orcing me to chase my buddies
with the Booster! Fuck the viability o Milan!
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PARMIGIANA
LIGHTIngredients or 2 people
2 eggplants
1 shallot
250 g o tomato sauce
60 g parmesan cheese
100 g o mozzarella
basil
salt
oil
Preparation:Start by preparing the sauce: Put in a pan a little olive oil and nely
chopped shallots over low heat, once golden, add the tomato sauce
with hal a glass o water and a pinch o salt, and cook or at least 20
minutes over medium heat. When the sauce has thickened, turn of
the heat and avor with a ew leaves o basil. A part washed auber-
gines, cut the top and bottom and then cut into slices o about 1cm.
Then cook them on a hot plate, on both sides, or a ew minutes. Then
nely grated parmesan cheese and let the cheese into small cubes. In
a pan put a little olive oil and a layer o tomato, eggplant and above
it over again Parmesan and mozzarella, repeat the process until all
the ingredients and end it with a little olive oil. Preheat oven to 180
ventilation, the Parmesan is baked in the oven, covered by aluminum
oil or 20 minutes, then discovered or another 10 minutes.
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Chas Christiansen
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acciamo. MASH nasce dalle corse su strada e
si evoluto in molte direzioni dal ciclocross alle
corse e perno al touring. Noi tutti usiamo la bici
come un modo per raggiungere i nostri obiettivi e
divertirsi come gruppo.
What do you think about the DVD andvideo clip about the world o fxed gear? Do you think are useull to spread the
word about this movement?I think its great, but also a double edged sword.
A short clip, i well made can stoke you out or a
long time. On the other hand not everyone can
ride like people do in Lucas Brunelles videos,
people can sometimes push their own limits too
ar. That being said personally I love watching
people around the world rip it up, and it is a rad
way to showcase our adventures.
How was your collaboration with the
project FIXATION THE MOVIE? Wesaw the dvd, and we truly loved thedirection! Tell us more about this dvd!To be honest I didnt really have a lot to do with
the DVD. Fixation came and captured TCB in
its inancy. I think they did an amazing job o
portraying TCB and giving people a look into our
lives. I denitely sent a copy to my mom and she
loved it!
Which are the main risk o your job?Bad tippers.. No really though, cabs and MUNI
buses are the worst. When it rains the tracks here
get beyond slippery. I just went to Minneapolis
or Stupor Bowl and those guys work when its
-13, so tough, you could reeze to death. I keep
it sae when I work, its a job and no delivery is
worth a trip to the Emergeny Room.
I you can give an advice to a novicethat is working or the frst time as abike messenger what would you like torecommend to him?What I just said beore, keep the rubber
side down. Its a job and the idea is to do it
consistently, i you get hurt you cant go to work
and then you dont have job anymore. No matter
what enjoy yoursel and be in the moment, you
get to experience so many random and weird
moments o the road. Take photos, push yoursel
a little everyday to get smarter and aster.
We all know that you are one o thestrongest rider in this community, howdo you train yoursel?I ride with riends a lot. I dont really have a
training schedule I just try to vary it as much as
First o all, who is Chas
Christiansen?Chas Christiansen is a 28 year old dude
who lives in San Francisco with his lady and a dog
named Bucket and a cat called Shovel. Speaking
in the third person is weird. I run TCB Courier
and ride or MASH. In my spare time enjoy eating
toast rom Trouble Cofee, exploring abandoned
buildings, reading cheesy adventure novels and
traveling the world in search o adventure.
When do you started riding a fxed -gear bike?Back in 2004 I was living in a punk house in deep
southeast Portland Oregon, only had my CX bike
or racing and work. A riend gave me a suicide
wheel (old ree hub road wheel with a cog glued
on) and I built my rst conversion out o the junk
bikes in the basement o that punk house. It wasa 52cm Peugeot with a 50x15, and I rode some
shitty SPDs too, didnt know how to skid clipped
into a track gear. Needless to say I crashed a lot
when I rst started riding xed. I went through
a ew more conversions beore I nally got a real
track rame a year later.
Many o our readers are great ans oMASH team, would you tell us more,about this team?Il team di MASH un gruppo di amici che gira
insieme, siamo abbastanza ortunati da avere il
supporto di un gran numero di aziende ma anche
di singole persone che sono entusiaste di ci che
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possible. Nice long road ride, trails on the CX bike,
Tuesday morning track bikes. Its important to eat
well i you want to get aster, and push yoursel, no
one ever said training is easy. Always keep it un,
nd new roads to ride new hills to climb, travel and
race as oten as possible.
Which race type you preer, criteriumrace or alleycat race?Both, I started out racing alleycats and will always
love the eeling o being the astest thing on the
road. The eeling o ripping through a city with
a group o other riders, nothing can stop you,
everyone is owing through trac, almost like you
are invincible. Criteriums ofer order to that chaos,
pure speed and tactics. Its like a game o chess at
35 mph with 50 other people. I am excited to see
a World Cup orming. All the RedHook events,
Fijate in Puerto Rico, The Hunt in London. Giron in
Spain, Fixed Fest in Jakarta and many more. These
events are legitimizing track criteriums as tough,
competitive, spectator riendly events, this in turn
brings in better sponsors, higher caliber riders and
ultimately bigger events. So I love both, in their
own special way, but my roots are with the street,
anyone can become a good crit racer, not everyone
can compete in alleycats.
Currently which is your gear ratio? Andwhich are the specs o your bike?I ride a Cinelli prototype track rame, working in
something new or 2013!. Dura Ace low ange
xed/xed hubs laced to Mavic CXP 12s with Con-
tinental tyres. Sugino 75 cranks and BB with a 47T
44RN chainring. Thomson stem and seatpost with
PRO ergo drops, San Marco Zoncolan Saddle, and
TIME ATACs. I ride a 47x17 or the streets and 47x14
or Crits.
Which are your current sponsor?
I am supported by MASH, Cinelli, Giro, Oakley, andCadence and Coal.
I you had to choose a rider rom themovie fxation which would you choose?To be honest i havent watched the whole thing so
I dont know. I I had to choose a ew riders that
motivate me I would say Mamad Mr. Mad rom
Jakarta, Francesco Martucci rom Italy, and Dave
Yoha rom here in SF. These dudes kill it!
Do you think that the bike could be arevolution to the car?
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I dont think that the bike will become more im-
portant than the car. To ride a bike means to take
responsibility or your own transportation, to make
that extra efort, to go that extra mile. There are a
lot o lazy people out there that will never want to
go that extra step. Which is all the better because
riding a bike is not or everyone.
Can you tell us more about TCB Courier?TCB Courier is my amily, it has become more than
job, it is my support network that allows me to trav-
el and race around the world. TCB is a amazing col-
lection o incredibly motivated individuals who have
come together and created an amazing company.
We work together we party together, we have taken
the courier mentality and liestyle and adapted it to
t a changing world and economy so we can still
do what we love. Always growing we are currently
at 45 riders and counting, working on expanding
across the country in the next year.
Who do you think is the avorite tobecome the World Champion Red hookcriterium?Thats a tough one, who ever is gonna win the
championship it going to have to be able to travel
to all the races and do well. Racing ater a 12 hour
plane ight is never easy, and since there are two in
Europe and two in the US who ever wins is going to
have shake of some serious plane legs. Martucci
was looking strong in Milan, Niel could go all the
way i hie road racing doesnt interere with travel.
I guess well see now wont we?
Can we expect to see you at the Red Hookcriterium race in Milan?I hope to make it to all the Red Hooks this year,
but we shall see. Planes tickets are expensive and
I have alot o other races and adventures planned
already.
Would you like to thanks someone?I would like to thank TCB, MASH and my lady Lind-
sey, you all keep me sane and give the ability to
lead this amazing lie. Giro and Oakley or keeping
me in the best gear in the business. And everyone
who shreds out there! you all motivate me to keep
on pushing!!
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Hello Alex, frst super astquestiondo you eel morecyclist or director?
I have to say Im a lmmaker rst, then cyclist.
Although, I started cycling way beore I ever
entered lm. My passion behind Fixation was
lming and directing a topic that I elt was
misunderstood, and doing so in a creative and
cinematic way. I am an editor in Los Angeles,
working towards my next opportunity to direct
another project. While doing so, I still ride my
xed gear all the time.
When did your love or bikes, start andin which way?Growing up, I use to go mountain biking with
my ather, but in 2003 started working at Liver-
more Cyclery, a bike shop in Livermore, Calior-
nia. That is when I really started to appreciate
and understand cycling and the culture thatwent with it. Working at that shop is a large
reason why I chose to document xed gear
cycling; there was such a negative connotation
behind xed gears, and I couldnt understand
why. I saw all kinds o xed gear cyclists come
into the shop, but a majority o people who
spoke about it and didnt ride xed gear, were
always talking about it negatively, saying its just
young kids running red lights. Others spoke
about its purity and simplicity, or using it to
train or the velodrome. So, there were denite-
ly contradicting opinions about xed gears.
I started riding a single speed rst, then xed
gear, and the excitement and simplicity all made
sense to me.
What pushed you to direct a docuflmabout the fxed gear scene? And can
you tell us the difculties backing aproject like this?Being new to the lm word, I knew I wanted
to direct something as soon as possible,
something that I could also edit. Ater working
at the bike shop or 5 years, I knew I had ormer
employees, riends, and connections that could
help me get this project completed. Making a
lm is extremely expensive, so I knew I would
have to use whatever resources I had to make
this happen. Nick Hart is one o the cyclists we
lmed in Fixation, and I worked side by side
with him or about 2 years. When I told him
about Fixation, he was more than willing to give
me his perspective. In act, it was people like
him that motivated me to make Fixation. He
is a dad. He wasnt running red lights; he is an
educated man, who loved cycling and did it as a
passionate hobby.
Fixation had plenty o diculties while lming,
and ater it was completed.
I worked with a great cinematographer Justin
Gamboa and we collaborated together to
design shots, gure out how to lm these
riders together with as many angles as possible
and nd out what was the best way to lm all
these cyclists. Keep in mind, this was not only
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our rst lm about cycling, this was our rst
lm, period. Everything we were trying was
something new that we had come up with, that
we thought would work best. For instance, we
had a dicult time keeping up with the cyclists
through the streets o San Francisco. Originally,
we tried to ollow them in a car, and that was
extremely dicult; we were always let behind
and could not keep up. In Los Angeles, we were
able to use a motorcycle and that made our
work so much easier. Sometimes we would plan
all the shots we lmed, and other times we just
got lucky and caught something on the y.
In post production I had hard drives ail, corrupt
ootage, music rights issues, but we made it all
work. Once the lm was done, I was hit with a
whole new set o problems. Such as nding a
distributor who would work with a lm about
xed gear cycling, spreading the word and
taking care o all the legal work--all things I
never really thought about beore we started
lming. When we started Fixation we had
no idea it would make it to DVD, Netix and
iTunes; I just wanted to spread the knowledge
about xed gear and help straighten out the
stereotypes associated with it. In the beginning
I thought I was going to have a lot o problems
getting all the variety o cyclists that I wanted.
Not just diferent styles o riding, but diferent
people completely. Once the word was out and
I explained my goals o the documentary, a lot
o great people stepped orward and helped tell
this story. As a director, I only had a ew days
with these guys to try and tell their story and to
portray their outlook on xed gear cycling.
Can you describe to our readers theconcept behind Fixation?My main goal behind Fixation was to create an
entertaining, cinematic, and positive lm about
xed gear cycling. I wanted to show a varietyo cyclists in beautiul locations up and down
Caliornia. The rst thing I told my crew when
we started making Fixation was that I want-
ed this to look beautiul, and to capture these
cyclists in an artul manner while telling their
diferent stories and explaining to all, the variety
within xed gear riding.
Any plan to move to Italy and flmsome History o Cycling?Nothing would please me more than to capture
the history, scenery and cycling liestyle in Italy.
The main reason we stayed in Caliornia is be-
cause that is what our budget allotted or. We
all lived in Los Angeles, and I had moved rom
the San Francisco Bay Area, so I had amily and
connections that we were able to work with.
Hal o Fixation is showing the terrain and the
cities. I really tried to capture the personality o
the cities; each cyclist elt so much connection
to their city, and I had to make sure I portrayed
it honestly and in a way that we saw tting to
their story. Every cyclists opinion about xed
gear cycling was always associated with where
they were riding.
Do you have some tricks or the newflmmakers who want to start flmingtheir frst fxed gear video?Film everything, you never know what is going
to work in the cutting room. Get creative with
your angles and shot selection, look at what
other people have done and nd a diferent
or better way to do it. Chose your locations
wisely; having someone speed down a hill in
the suburbs, or having someone speed down
a hill with the beautiul mountains or busy LA
streets can be the diference o a great shot and
a boring one. One o my regrets about Fixation
was the lack o location we were able to visit.
With such a tight schedule and lack o unds,
we didnt have a choice, but I wish I could have
travelled so much urther. I you are going to di-
rect something like this, be prepared to also be
a cameraman, a producer, a publicist, an editor,
whatever it takes to make it all work out.
Some last words or reader, riders andflmmakers?While making Fixation I heard many diferent
cyclists talk about a connection or a reedom
they got while cycling; I have to say, I agree.Cycling can be so much more than a means
o transportation. I try not to get to deep
with it, just get out there and enjoy the riding
experience. As or the lmmakers; put in the
time and dedication it takes to make a lm, and
you will be happy with the results. When I was
editing Fixation, I never took a day of, my mind
could not stop, and I was committed to creating
the best nal version o what we lmed, and
I think we were successul. Lastly, work with
people who have the same motivation as you
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do, because you cant make a movie alone, its a
collaboration. sono motivate come lo siete voi,
perch non potrete mai are un lm da soli. Fare
Alex T. Viriato
www.vimeo.com/atviriato
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At the gates o Turin, almost spring2013.Yet not I ocus well the middle-aged man who
stands beore me, standing, looks me in the
eyes with a erceness and boldness that I
sometimes conuse it. I I were a ootball an
in ront o me I would have the equivalent o
Gabriel Batistuta, or maybe not the biggest o
them all, but one whose career is studded with
precious gems and maybe, i ate had been less
the adverse would have a place reserved in
the Olympus o the sport. But here, as always,
we talk about cycling, perhaps on the track,
and then here in ront o me I have the great
Octavio Dazzan. Now that we have a singular
a pope Argentinian o Italian descent, today I
have the privilege to have a chat with a large
Argentine naturalized Italian or many years (or
the curious add that yes, he knew Dazzan years
ago Jorge Mario Bergoglio aka Pope Frances-
co I guess her gasp ront o the TV this recent
March 13). We speak o a sample o nine Italian
titles, three gold Europeans, our silvers world
going only briey, with a career spanning 13
years. Arrival at his shop-shop-storage in one
aternoon that he already knows the spring de-
spite the crisp air, the rst eeling is to get more
in a shelter in one o those aseptic atelier bicy-
cle that are all the rage today , especially here
in the north. Not here, they are in a workshop,
rst o all, as it should be dusty, ull o bits and
pieces whose order is known only to the master,
I can not help but admire the enchanted racks
with rames hanging above the name Dazzan,
c is still so much steel here to lord it be it road,
mountain bike (ew) and some real gem rom
the track. Octavio starts talking and it really is
a river in ood, the curse does not have a tape
recorder with me, but I take a ew notes and I
ocus my attention on the most o his words
and the gestures o those calloused hands andsoaked in grease that only true mechanics.
This ollowing is only the rst part o the inter-
view, continue to the next issue with, among
other things, the amazing story o how ugo de
rosa made me miss the Olympics in Moscow in
1980, then I would say that should ollow us!
Hello Octavio, tell me in short thejourney that brought you here romArgentina, near Turin?My career began early and immediately at the
best, at age 17 in 1975 (this writer had yet to
OcTAVIODAZZANdi Riccardo Volpe
Ora ti racconto di quella volta
che De Rosa (parte 1)
be born NDT) win the world championship o juniors running or the Argentine national team, the year ollow-
ing step to run or the Italian national team and now I nd mysel also national champion. The Olympics are
almost at the gates (Moscow 1980) and is now an ambitious goal, but I do not want to give up or anything
in the world. Check to that appointment trained and point immediately above, the shape is the right one and
everything was hope. But things went diferently, and also because I later ound out (in the second part). The
ollowing year I went proessional and began the season o victories that matter, around the Europe and the
world, including Japan.
You also underway in the Japanese keirin, you want to tell us something?Well, there was an appropriate choice dictated by the needs o the rebirth o Japan ater Hiroshima. By law
were established keirin racing and betting related to it, in Japan today there are about seventy (yes, you read
that right, seventy) velodrome and everything ollows a strict regimentation halway between the Shaolin
monks and the military. I a tournament lasts three days keirin athletes are there, in the velodrome closed or
our days without seeing anyone, without talking to anyone. I during the entry o the velodrome a runner is
allowed to even lit his head is disqualied: could have made a nod to a punter in league with him. The keirin
school lasts our years, it is very tough and extreme-
ly geared to that specic discipline, a good runner
Japanese keirin is almost never a complete rider,
certainly will sufer in all other disciplines, including
the same speed.
So this cyclist are considered, a kind oheroes?On the contrary, in all honesty are regarded by us as
the jockeys, nothing more than a number to bet on
with more or less likely to win. Are more cursed in
case o deeat that acclaimed when they win. From
them that the rewards are great and not so dicult
to live well only with the races even i youre a cham-
pion, just because everything is unctional to betting.
You think this is a way to re-launch orcycling even here?Absolutely not, there are prerequisites and now,
even more spaces. Okay, tell me a little as took
a meticulous care o the technical aspects o the
bike beore the race. Look, my bike had a actory in
Argentina, I was born there in the middle, the bike
to me I have always controlled in all respects. The
ew times I delegated the mechanical aspect I only
caught the great disappointments, like the time aspeed tournament in Berlin, where at the beginning
o the sprint I leaned back handlebar, because o
that ool .... (note name removed, I tell you in private
then) he had orgotten to tighten the bolt o the
pipe. But I did it anyway my sprint, losing hal wheel.
You have experienced a lot in 80 years,what is your experience?(As we speak we approach a masterpiece o bicycle,
developed by the same Dazzan in collaboration with
Sannino, or today there are ve examples).
Yes always looking or new solutions, in a ew had
guessed that the essential thing was the rigidity
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combined aerodynamics, all this in the era prior
to Mosers hour record and all that ollowed, we
were pioneers. I was among the rst to adopt
the hoops araya with V, the rst to adopt the
lenticular even when the carbon was unknown
to most people.
This bike was a project o my own withSannino (someone said Cinelli Laser?)Are actually steel core axial to the rame, then
careened with berglass, you get a mix o great
rigidity and perect aerodynamic perormance,
without giving too much weight. All ideas and
suggestions rom which then the big brands
manuacturers have tapped once passed to the
carbon ber monocoque and the concept o,
only that we were in 1981!
About builders, you sell bikes brandedwith your name, how you manage toconduct the business o a small brandtoday?With efort, with great efort. The era o the
steel rame is nice and ecient long over, the
amateur cyclist is no longer attracted to the
steel rame. These (we are overwhelmed by
dozens o specimens in steel rames with some
very special pipe sections are reminiscent o
the stellar glyco until allottagonale) does not
want them any more, are on sale here or years
now and i there is no above the big brand no
one cares about those who call themselves am-
ateurs, who do not want then to know that even
the big brand in turn buys himsel in the east
and adds his graphics. In the end, nowadays, so
I do too, I joined a buying group and I get the
rames almost ready and I do assemble, both
or my clients, both or the youth competitive
team that I ollow or years.
For this frst part we stop here, thesequel to the next issue!
Riccardo Volpe
www.riky76omnium.wordpress.com
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THE REVIEW
CORNER.
Vulpine Harrington rain jacketit was so much time I was looking or a jacket or the transition period between winter
and spring. When you start to sweat weight on the bike and do not know how to dress.
I stumbled across the site Vulpine clothing realizing that most o the products that are
waterproo. The product in question is the harrington jacket Rain. This spring jacket
allows you to pedal smoothly even during the most intense rain, leaving you completely
dry. The jacket has a pocket on the back that allows perspiration. The closure at the
neck is magnetic, and overall the jacket has our pockets, two classic side to enter a
phone and keys and two on the back and one on the let pectoral more capacious to
bring everything you need or your outings. A very well-made jacket, designed or those
who need to star comortable and still remain mostly dry and always elegant. Cost, we
are about 120 euros and you can be sure that its worth it all.
www.vulpine.cc
Met Stradivarius HesToday Im doing a review o one o the best road helmets. The model in
question is the Stradivarius Hes Elite rom Met Helmets. The helmet in a
preliminary analysis (visual) is very good, total black look with glossy black
conjunctions and logo on both sides Met in UV printing. Inside unlike other
helmets that have media in abric or comort with the head o the Strad-
ivarius presents silicon supports that once in contact with the head make
the helmet ultra stable also in the ront part o the classic support o cloth
is been supplanted by a single piece o molded silicone to ensure greater
stability to the helmet. These precautions you notice when you leave a
bike, a helmet does not move remains rmly on the head even turning, the
ront air intakes allow us to be ventilated to ensure maximum a huge com-
ort. The laces o connection are very durable and adjustable according to the eatures o our head. Helmet super light, it almost
seems not to have it. My compliments to Met Helmets and would highly recommend the purchase.
www.met-helmets.com
www.knog.com.au
Fixation the movieFixation un Dvd nel quale sono incappato qualche tempo a mentre ero
alla ricerca di qualcosa in alta denizione da vedere. Avevo visto solo alcu-
ni trailer su Vimeo e sono rimasto afascinato dalla qualit della produzione
e la caratterizzazione dei rider presenti. Se leggete lintervista atta ad
Alex Trudeau Virato, regista e produttore del lm si pu capire la passione
messa nel girare questo DVD. Ad ogni modo non voglio dilungarmi sulla
descrizione del DvD perch molto di ci che posso dire gi stato detto
durante lintervista: posso per dirvi che un progetto che merita lacquis-
to perch uno di quei lm che senza dubbio rivedrete pi e pi volte. Un
p come succedeva per I VHS di skateboard e snowboard degli anni 90
ormai consumati dalle mille visioni, Fixation lascia quel sapore di esperien-
za vissuta, che motiva chiunque va in ssa e vive questo movimento come
qualcosa di intenso e di passionale. Le storie narrate dai Rider ( tutti noti e
di un certo livello ), anno capire la reale connessione con la propria citt e
la moltitudine di situazioni che un rider in ssa pu vivere. Dalla pista, alle
Alleycat passando per chi lavora come Curier nel traco e chi si allena per
il semplice gusto di passare qualche ora di totale libert evadendo dalla
propria routine. Le ambientazioni sono avolose e variano dal caos di una
Los Angeles incasinata, alla pi sinuosa San Francisco che ci a intrave-
dere anche delle aree suburbane particolarmente emozionanti come la
Bay Area. Insomma, Fixation un lavoro completo come dicilmente si
trova in circolazione, inatti se date un occhio alla pagina di home del sito
capirete dai premi vinti di cosa st parlando.
www.xationdocumentary.com
POOR
GOOD
EXCELLENT
Review Legenda
Knog Sausage LockThe Australians boys o Knog do not need to be presented, and their products are always at the
top and almost all the riders on their bikes at least one o the Knog light or computerino ... Well this
summer and we have several surprises in the meantime there present a couple ... Thats due to arrive
on Knog Party Coil sent to us specifcally to be tested and evaluated. As stated in their press release,
summer comes and with it, the desire to stay out all night partying, so we need to tie our bikes and
be sure to fnd them again even ater a night o drunken cosmic. The Party Coil is very cute, lets
start with this in the meantime. It has dierent colors and is almost a bracelet i you rolled the arm.
Long extension 1.3 meters, weighs about 330 grams and has a silicone body that fts perectly to the
shape o the bike. The cables o twisted steel are covered by a thick part o silicone and end up on
the part o the lock which in turn is enveloped by pvc. What makes this rather resistant Lock is the
act o having the core fber that crushes beore cutting, making a little longer rognoso inexperi-
enced thie to take away the possibility o the bike. Clearly there are all o the limitations applicable
to this object that is in our opinion the object in addition, to take with you to attach the wheels to
the rame. The same Knog gives as a nice saety assessment 30 o 100! However, it is a very interest-
ing object or the size o collections and the multitude o colors in which it is ound that as many as
12 are ... Interesting security remain the 1000 combinations o keys that have made or this purpose
and that should make it rather more difcult an eventual cloning o keys.
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SUPERIOR QUALITYUNPARALLELED STRENGTH
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