buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
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buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby rockpaper » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:20 am
I am over in Italy for a few weeks, staying in Florence.
1. Buying a bike
One souvenir I would like might be a road bike.
Anyone have any thongs on where to look for bikes?
Florence seems to be a bit of a dud place for buying bikes.
Happy to get on a train for a weekend trip elsewhere in Italy.
Also, outside of Italy- any ideas? E.g. the Netherlands, Germany, and so on?
2. Visiting factories
Does anyone know if any bike factories might be open to the public?
Cheers
Rockpaper
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby Ross » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:18 pm
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby Mulger bill » Sun Jul 12, 2015 7:55 pm
Helps that the GLW has family an hours drive away.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby rockpaper » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:17 am
I will check both options out.
With the dollar to euro exchange rate it is pretty pricey.
I was just in Milan, too, but did not have time to go the bianchi store at the time. Only 2 hours away...
Mulger bill, what is the GLW?
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby Gunlock » Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:06 am
GLW = Good Lady Wife.rockpaper wrote: Mulger bill, what is the GLW?
Also known as MoF (Minister/Master/Mistress of Finance) or SWMBO (She who must be obeyed) but rarely done so when within earshot.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby kb » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:35 am
According to Haggard's daughter Lilias, the phrase "She-who-must-be-obeyed" originated from his childhood and "the particularly hideous aspect" of one rag-doll: "This doll was something of a fetish, and Rider, as a small child, was terrified of her, a fact soon discovered by an unscrupulous nurse who made full use of it to frighten him into obedience. Why or how it came to be called She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed he could not remember".[24] Haggard wrote that "the title She" was taken "from a certain rag doll, so named, which a nurse at Bradenham used to bring out of some dark recess in order to terrify those of my brothers and sisters who were in her charge."[25]
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby thelittlebattler » Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:54 pm
Don't feel too upset, you didn't miss a whole lot.rockpaper wrote:Thanks, Ross and Mulger bill.
I will check both options out.
With the dollar to euro exchange rate it is pretty pricey.
I was just in Milan, too, but did not have time to go the bianchi store at the time. Only 2 hours away...
Mulger bill, what is the GLW?
Cheers,
Rockpaper
Shop was pretty meh, with mostly shim 105 (not a single dura ace to be seen). And the bikes were just as expensive as here, and there was no way to peak behind the fence. Well, we walked through the open gate but got marched back out pretty quickly.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby lucky7 » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:25 pm
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Postby open roader » Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:43 pm
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Postby boyracer » Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:06 pm
A cycle mechanic mate bought a frame and fork in Brescia. He was walking down an alley off the piazza when he spied someone brazing a frame up in a small garage. A 'conversation' ensued, measurements taken a few days later, cash changed hands and frame was delivered back to Australia.rockpaper wrote:Hi all,
I am over in Italy for a few weeks, staying in Florence.
1. Buying a bike
One souvenir I would like might be a road bike.
Anyone have any thongs on where to look for bikes?
Florence seems to be a bit of a dud place for buying bikes.
Happy to get on a train for a weekend trip elsewhere in Italy.
Also, outside of Italy- any ideas? E.g. the Netherlands, Germany, and so on?
2. Visiting factories
Does anyone know if any bike factories might be open to the public?
Cheers
Rockpaper
Cool story ,huh. The builder is Vianeli. Pierfranco Vianeli was gold medalist in road race, bronze in team tt at Mexico in '68 and rode for some pro team that made ovens 'n' stuff...
The bike is nice to look at, lugged steel w/nicely thinned lugs, chromed all over then candy paint. Some lugs have olympic rings cast into them for extra coffee shop cred.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby nickobec » Mon Jul 13, 2015 9:35 pm
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby rockpaper » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:54 am
Boyracer, good story. I doubt I would be lucky enough to stumble across something like that.
Open reader, thanks. My Italian is only passable so I doubt I will get in.
And lucky7, not really after a specialized in Italy, and as you say, not clear where people buy bikes here. Probably online from the U.S. haha
Littlebattler, cheers. Well, it saves a trip to Milan. More time on site seeing, wine drinking, food eating...
Thanks, all, for your helpful posts.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby celeste boy » Wed Jul 15, 2015 12:48 pm
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby rockpaper » Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:16 pm
About the electric conversion: I saw adds for that recently in the Ride On mag, I think. Somewhere, anyway.
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Re: buying a bike in Italy, and factories?
Postby coffeeandwine » Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:23 am
Passoni, Basso and Sarto.
Would have to agree with the suggestion of Pegoretti. (Because you can never get enough photos)
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