Lino Messori, At the Speed of the Heart

Back in 2010 I wrote a short piece, here, about a Messori frame; a framebuilder I was unfamiliar with. That piece featured this unusual bike:

So, the other day my friend Buzz sends me a link to a video about Lino Messori and now we know his story, at least part of it; and, that of the red bike:


Lino Messori - Alla velocità del cuore [at the speed of heart] from lucacampanale on Vimeo.

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Messori

There is seemingly no end to the Italian framebuilders who names grace the downtubes of bicycles. Many are well known. Others are relatively unknown, their stories waiting to be told. In the latter category are the frames by Messori.

A reader of ICJ sent photos of his green Messori seeking more information. Note the brazed on logos.

Messori also created a track bike with every tubeset carved out (see photos). One story has it that it was Messori who introduced this concept to Faliero Masi who then used it for the chainstays in the Masi "Fiera" bike(s) in 1974.

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