We don't usually publish recall notices but a fork failure can lead to catastrophic problems. The following from Wilier:
IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL NOTICE
Wilier Triestina has been committed to creating bikes at the very highest level for decades. We are convinced that the numbers are proving us right. There are many investments made to ensure the best quality for those who demand the most, and it is with this in mind that in recent years we have continuously implemented and improved the existing test protocols and testing of our products. There are however no tests which guarantee the total exclusion of error. Sometimes, unfortunately, even the tightest controls cannot avoid a certain percentage of defects.
It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that some of the forks for the Izoard XP model shipped from Wilier's factory between October 1, 2011 and October 19, 2012 are potentially defective.
Wilier Triestina is therefore announcing a voluntary precautionary recall to verify and ensure the safety of your Izoard XP bicycles. Therefore we ask you to discontinue use of your Izoard XP until a check is completed. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this recall may cause.
All Izoard XP bicycles that shipped from the Wilier Triestina factory October 22, 2012 and afterward are guaranteed and safe in every respect.
Here are the details for verification:
PRODUCT NAME: IZOARD XP FORK
RISK: The use of Izoard XP set up with the fork in question could result in a failure. In certain circumstances, the occurrence of such failure could cause the rider to fall, with potentially serious consequences.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFECT: Some of the Izoard XP forks in question were built outside of our specifications and have a thinner aluminum steerer tube than the standard.
INSTRUCTIONS TO VERIFY: If the bike was purchased after October 1, 2011, please discontinue use of the bike immediately. You must verify the soundness of the fork by checking its serial number. To do this, please visit your Wilier retailer, who will disassemble the fork and check the serial number for you.
Additional details here.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Cinelli: Ready for 12,000KM Cairo to Cape Town
Meeting details:
October 27, 2012, at 1900
Hotel Colosseum
Via Sforza 10 - 00184 Roma
Tel. +39 06 4827228
Cinelli is preparing a new Bootleg model (the Race Rats fall under the Bootleg line) that will be used in the event. Cinelli will also be auctioning a Hoy Hoy Rats bicycle to support the Tour d'Afrique Foundation.
The Tour d'Afrique features 94 cycling days or stages, averaging 123 km each, broken up by 25 rest days and 2 days of ferry boat travel for a total of 121 days in traversing Africa from north to south. Stages range from 80 km on rough terrain to more than 180 km on the best paved roads.
In summary, the route will challenge you physically and mentally like no other - and reward you with scenes of unsurpassed splendor and an incomparable feeling of accomplishment. Traveling through 10 countries in all, you will cycle along the Nile past ancient temples, through the Sudanese desert, and up and down the biblical landscapes of Ethiopia's rugged Simian Mountains. After crossing the Equator in Kenya, you will pedal past legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, to Lake Malawi, Victoria Falls, and along the edges of the magnificent Kalahari and Namib deserts, en route to the finish of your epic journey in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa.
More information at:
www.tourdafrique.com
www.bootleg.it (a Cinelli site)
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Fiorenzo Magni Video Tribute
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Friday, October 19, 2012
In the Words of Fiorenzo Magni in 2010
We published the following story in December, 2010, when Magni was celebrating his 90th birthday.
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone" wrote American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A thought that could be used to briefly describe the philosophy of life of Fiorenzo Magni, the "Lion of Flanders", who today celebrates his 90th birthday. He will celebrate his birthday at his home in Monticello Brianza (Lecco) surrounded by the affection of his family: his beloved wife Liliana ("I married her in 1947 after only six months of courtship and now after 63 years together I still love her as the first day that we met"), the equally beloved daughters Tiziana and Beatrice, the two son-in-laws, and five wonderful grandchildren.
"In my life I have faced many difficult times but always managed to find the positive side of every situation, I have never been overwhelmed by the difficulties I encountered. To face any problem with optimism is a great lesson for everyday life and for me it was also true regarding my long sporting career." This is the first reflection of Magni, who now also tells us what it's like to feel in his nineties: "I am proud to be 90 years old in good health and my mind still bright, but sometimes it makes me feel strange to find myself in conferences which, looking around, I find to be the oldest of the participants. Unfortunately, I think about how long my life will last. All in all my life has been been very happy and rewarding, even as I set out to the next goal of 100 years years old....".
A great cycling career, from the "terzo uomo" (third man) after Coppi and Bartali, during the golden age of Italian cycling to the approximately 160 wins including 3 Giro d'Italia, 3 Tour of Flanders(which earned him his nickname), 3 Italian Championships and 3 Tour of Piedmonte. "The most beautiful victories for me were the 3rd ones in the races which I was most fond of: the Giro, Flanders, and Piedmonte and the Italian championships, 3 is the perfect number .... ". Magni's career spanned twenty years from 1936 to 1956.
An enviable result, built with persistence over many years of activity in which Magni has dueled with opponents and enemies of various types, but during which he also built strong bonds of friendship such as with the great Alfredo Martini. "We met on the occasion of my first races in 1936. In my first major placement, a 2nd place, I finished behind a race in suburbs of Florence that Alfredo won. From then arose a great mutual respect between us, a friendship that has never known friction or crisis that has lasted until today. In 1939 we were teammates in the AC Montecatini and later we found ourselves among the professionals and competed for many years. Alfredo was an unparalleled tecnico (commissario tecnico of the Italian national squad). And poor Franco Ballerini, a young man that I appreciated very much and whose early death gave me a deep pain, I thought him a a worthy heir to the leadership of the Italian national cycling professionals that I've had the honor to lead."
The story of how "Lion of Flanders" chose a career in cycling is interesting. "It was a choice in life that was almost obligatory. My father Joseph, a big, tall, man with Herculean strength had a stable of horses which transported materials of various kinds between Prato and Valle del Bisenzio, earning some good profits and assuring my mother Julia and all our family a well-off life. In the late '30s, when my father was only 47 years, he was hit by a car in Prato (which was engulfed in fog) killing him instantly. I, who had already won the championship of Tuscany for amateurs, concluded in 1937 that cycling could become a rewarding, and financially feasible, job for me. So, with great sadness we decided to sell her beloved horses and the family business."
Magni's racing debut was not too favorable, "The first race was at Incisa Valdarno in 1936 but I fell and I retired. In the second race I was suffering from a puncture, but in the the third race came the first victory. Among the amateurs I won twenty or so races and met opponents that would become friends such as the montecatinese Gino Fondi, romano Quirino Toccaceli, pistoiese Serafino Biagioni, romagnolo Vito Ortelli and, of course, Alfredo Martin."
Magni shared the joy of his third and final victory in the 1955 Giro d'Italia with Alberto Martini against a hapless Gastone Nencini. With two stages remaining in the race it seemed that Nencini would be the winner of the 1955 Giro. Magni recounts, "I was not resigned to defeat and in the evening before the Trento stage (the third to last)I began to study the course at the hotel. I studied the course village by village, from Trento to San Pellegrino, and saw that there was a descent that was dangerous with a pebbled surface. It was what I was looking for and I said to myself, "Tomorrow I will escape right there!" This caused a skeptical reaction from Martini, my trusty teammate on the Nivea squad. But the next day, things went as I expected and I won the Giro there. Coppi won the stage, and I regretted having won the race against a very good young and emerging Tuscan as Nencini. Two years later, on the Leo-Diesse Chlorodont squad, I had the satisfaction of being able to contribute in good measure to the ultimate success of Nencini in the 1957 Giro.
Fiorenzo Magni is merited with having brought the sport's first, true sponsorships: "At the end of 1953 there was a major crisis caused by the arrival of the first motorcycles which threatened bicycle manufacturers such as Bianchi, Legnano and Ganna for which I competed. So, I had the intuition to try to change the regulations that at the time prevented non-sports companies from sponsoring teams and athletes. This struggle, to change the regulations, lasted three months and I benefitted from the important and unconditional support of the unforgettable President of the FCI Adriano Rodoni and great journalists such as Guido Giardini, Mario Fossati, Dante Ronchi, and others. At the same time I had successfully undertaken negotiations with the Swiss family of Zimmermann, owners of Nivea. At the beginning of 1954 Nivea entered triumphantly into cycling, marking the end of an era and the beginning of a modern view of sports sponsorship. My victorious battle, of which I am proud, also proved very useful to the sponsorship of other sports such as soccer and basketball."
Today cycling has changed further as to its relationship with the media: "I do not want to go into the fight against doping, I am displeased to encounter certain situations. In my office I keep different photographs: in one Martini and I are together in 1939 with our shirts of AC Montecatini and seem to be two young boys. The other is a reproduction of a page of Gazzetta dello Sport with a big group photo at the 1951 Giro; I am immortalized with Coppi, Koblet, Bobet, Kubler, Van Steenbergen and Bartal and Bartali. Below the photo you see a headline, written in rather small letters, which says "Al Milan lo scudetto tricolore" (the tricolor champions). Unfortunately, times have changed since then .... "
Today, Magni follows only the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He expresses some opinions gladly about current riders: "I like Nibali a lot, he is a boy with a certain future, a man who will be our point of reference in stage races. But how does one go downhill so fast with a physique so thin? Obviously he has great courage. However, I also respect Ivan Basso very much."
This week the the city of Monticello Brianza has inaugurated the exhibition "I 90 anni del Leone" (the "90 years of the Lion") which will run until December 18th. The exhibition will have the two bikes on which Bartali won his two Tour de France, Coppi's hour record bike, and bikes of Merckx, Baldini and others.
Photo: 1953 Giro d'Italia: Magni wins the last stage in a sprint at the Vigorelli of Milano
Translation based on a story by Stefano Fiori
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“Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone" wrote American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. A thought that could be used to briefly describe the philosophy of life of Fiorenzo Magni, the "Lion of Flanders", who today celebrates his 90th birthday. He will celebrate his birthday at his home in Monticello Brianza (Lecco) surrounded by the affection of his family: his beloved wife Liliana ("I married her in 1947 after only six months of courtship and now after 63 years together I still love her as the first day that we met"), the equally beloved daughters Tiziana and Beatrice, the two son-in-laws, and five wonderful grandchildren.
"In my life I have faced many difficult times but always managed to find the positive side of every situation, I have never been overwhelmed by the difficulties I encountered. To face any problem with optimism is a great lesson for everyday life and for me it was also true regarding my long sporting career." This is the first reflection of Magni, who now also tells us what it's like to feel in his nineties: "I am proud to be 90 years old in good health and my mind still bright, but sometimes it makes me feel strange to find myself in conferences which, looking around, I find to be the oldest of the participants. Unfortunately, I think about how long my life will last. All in all my life has been been very happy and rewarding, even as I set out to the next goal of 100 years years old....".
A great cycling career, from the "terzo uomo" (third man) after Coppi and Bartali, during the golden age of Italian cycling to the approximately 160 wins including 3 Giro d'Italia, 3 Tour of Flanders(which earned him his nickname), 3 Italian Championships and 3 Tour of Piedmonte. "The most beautiful victories for me were the 3rd ones in the races which I was most fond of: the Giro, Flanders, and Piedmonte and the Italian championships, 3 is the perfect number .... ". Magni's career spanned twenty years from 1936 to 1956.
An enviable result, built with persistence over many years of activity in which Magni has dueled with opponents and enemies of various types, but during which he also built strong bonds of friendship such as with the great Alfredo Martini. "We met on the occasion of my first races in 1936. In my first major placement, a 2nd place, I finished behind a race in suburbs of Florence that Alfredo won. From then arose a great mutual respect between us, a friendship that has never known friction or crisis that has lasted until today. In 1939 we were teammates in the AC Montecatini and later we found ourselves among the professionals and competed for many years. Alfredo was an unparalleled tecnico (commissario tecnico of the Italian national squad). And poor Franco Ballerini, a young man that I appreciated very much and whose early death gave me a deep pain, I thought him a a worthy heir to the leadership of the Italian national cycling professionals that I've had the honor to lead."
The story of how "Lion of Flanders" chose a career in cycling is interesting. "It was a choice in life that was almost obligatory. My father Joseph, a big, tall, man with Herculean strength had a stable of horses which transported materials of various kinds between Prato and Valle del Bisenzio, earning some good profits and assuring my mother Julia and all our family a well-off life. In the late '30s, when my father was only 47 years, he was hit by a car in Prato (which was engulfed in fog) killing him instantly. I, who had already won the championship of Tuscany for amateurs, concluded in 1937 that cycling could become a rewarding, and financially feasible, job for me. So, with great sadness we decided to sell her beloved horses and the family business."
Magni's racing debut was not too favorable, "The first race was at Incisa Valdarno in 1936 but I fell and I retired. In the second race I was suffering from a puncture, but in the the third race came the first victory. Among the amateurs I won twenty or so races and met opponents that would become friends such as the montecatinese Gino Fondi, romano Quirino Toccaceli, pistoiese Serafino Biagioni, romagnolo Vito Ortelli and, of course, Alfredo Martin."
Magni shared the joy of his third and final victory in the 1955 Giro d'Italia with Alberto Martini against a hapless Gastone Nencini. With two stages remaining in the race it seemed that Nencini would be the winner of the 1955 Giro. Magni recounts, "I was not resigned to defeat and in the evening before the Trento stage (the third to last)I began to study the course at the hotel. I studied the course village by village, from Trento to San Pellegrino, and saw that there was a descent that was dangerous with a pebbled surface. It was what I was looking for and I said to myself, "Tomorrow I will escape right there!" This caused a skeptical reaction from Martini, my trusty teammate on the Nivea squad. But the next day, things went as I expected and I won the Giro there. Coppi won the stage, and I regretted having won the race against a very good young and emerging Tuscan as Nencini. Two years later, on the Leo-Diesse Chlorodont squad, I had the satisfaction of being able to contribute in good measure to the ultimate success of Nencini in the 1957 Giro.
Fiorenzo Magni is merited with having brought the sport's first, true sponsorships: "At the end of 1953 there was a major crisis caused by the arrival of the first motorcycles which threatened bicycle manufacturers such as Bianchi, Legnano and Ganna for which I competed. So, I had the intuition to try to change the regulations that at the time prevented non-sports companies from sponsoring teams and athletes. This struggle, to change the regulations, lasted three months and I benefitted from the important and unconditional support of the unforgettable President of the FCI Adriano Rodoni and great journalists such as Guido Giardini, Mario Fossati, Dante Ronchi, and others. At the same time I had successfully undertaken negotiations with the Swiss family of Zimmermann, owners of Nivea. At the beginning of 1954 Nivea entered triumphantly into cycling, marking the end of an era and the beginning of a modern view of sports sponsorship. My victorious battle, of which I am proud, also proved very useful to the sponsorship of other sports such as soccer and basketball."
Today cycling has changed further as to its relationship with the media: "I do not want to go into the fight against doping, I am displeased to encounter certain situations. In my office I keep different photographs: in one Martini and I are together in 1939 with our shirts of AC Montecatini and seem to be two young boys. The other is a reproduction of a page of Gazzetta dello Sport with a big group photo at the 1951 Giro; I am immortalized with Coppi, Koblet, Bobet, Kubler, Van Steenbergen and Bartal and Bartali. Below the photo you see a headline, written in rather small letters, which says "Al Milan lo scudetto tricolore" (the tricolor champions). Unfortunately, times have changed since then .... "
Today, Magni follows only the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. He expresses some opinions gladly about current riders: "I like Nibali a lot, he is a boy with a certain future, a man who will be our point of reference in stage races. But how does one go downhill so fast with a physique so thin? Obviously he has great courage. However, I also respect Ivan Basso very much."
This week the the city of Monticello Brianza has inaugurated the exhibition "I 90 anni del Leone" (the "90 years of the Lion") which will run until December 18th. The exhibition will have the two bikes on which Bartali won his two Tour de France, Coppi's hour record bike, and bikes of Merckx, Baldini and others.
Translation based on a story by Stefano Fiori
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal about rides, granfondos, touring, having a good time cycling in Italy, Italian cycling history, racing, etc. are always welcome.
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Fiorenzo Magni Has Passed Away
"Magni was the ‘third man’ during the golden age of cycling, of Coppi and Bartali. He won the Giro d'Italia 3 times and was known as “The Lion of Flanders” (“Il Leone delle Fiandre”) for his 3 consecutive wins in the ‘classic of the North’, the Tour of Flanders.
Italian sport is in mourning once again. Fiorenzo Magni, one of the all time greats of cycling, the ‘third man’ of the golden age of the sport in Italy after Coppi and Bartali, who thrilled a nation at the turn of the Second World War, has died. He would have been 92 on December 7. Only a week ago he was at the presentation and launch of a book that had chronicled his deeds.
It was inevitable. There is no point beating about the bush: sooner or later it was going to happen. And it happened just as he was about to celebrate his 92nd birthday. But, to us, to all of you, to everyone, it seems that we all die much sooner. By now we had all come to believe that he'd been blessed with the gift of eternal life. 92 years: almost an eternity, but just the blink of an eye. But, from today, it’s official: we are all orphans. Now we can truly utter the words: Fiorenzo Magni was cycling. The notion of cycling when it just meant bicycles. Men on bicycles. Races on bicycles. A time when cycling and racing was at the centre of the world: News Year’s Day coincided with the Milano-Sanremo and Christmas with the Giro di Lombardia. In between there was the Giro d’Italia, the Giro of France (Giro, not Tour!). Followed by the World Championships. Between Christmas and New Year we’d all go to the track. It was a different world.
Honest and consistent — The notion that cycling was an escape, first from misery and then from poverty. That it was always better than having to toil in the fields or in factories. Cycling was a hunger as well as abstinence. Adventure and exploration. The history of Italy and of Italians. And that notion that no matter what, forever, no one would ever be able to describe the feeling and put it into words in a single lifetime. Fiorenzo Magni was cycling as he lived and breathed the sport: a rider, a sporting director, a coach. He had been the president of the riders association as well as the president of the Italian Cycling Federation. Then an honorary consul and international ambassador. A veritable planetary authority. A supreme font of knowledge: he’d listen to everyone carefully - and would immediately know who was right or wrong. His cycling was a religion. A mission. A passion. In a word: love. Often thwarted by Bartali and Coppi, Magni did nothing but thank them: he would say that, without those two, he would have been a nobody. They made him a man. But, the exact opposite it true: it was Magni who kept their memory alive and extolled their glory. History has also shown that the real pink jersey belonged to him: born in Tuscany, he moved to Monza, he was the epitome of the romanticism of cycling coupled with the common sense of industrialism. Wisdom and balance. Integrity and cohesion. And the far-sightedness of someone who knows, or who thinks or who pretends to be on the periphery of it all.
Mellowed — But, as time went on, he mellowed and his sometimes touchy and irritable character became ‘tamer’ and even ‘sweet’. But his never lost his air of authoritativeness or authority. So much so that his requests would in some way often become an order – but without us realising it. It was a pleasure, no, an honour to have met Fiorenzo Magni. Luckily, as Magni lived to such a ripe old age, it was a privilege, no, and honour, for lots of other people too. Now, it would only seem fitting that Magni’s funeral be held at Ghisallo, the location of the Museum of Cycling, his museum, as only he would have been able to create it in such a soulful place. It was an even more arduous task than his three Giro d’Italia wins, his three Tour of Flanders wins, his three Italian titles and all the races he ever won put together."
Photo: Magni at 1956 Giro d'Italia; 1956, Fiorenzo Magni: During the 12th stage, Grosseto-Livorno, of the Giro d'Italia Magni crashed on the Volterra descent. He broke his collarbone but finished. At the hospital he is told, "Best you return home." Magni decided to continue racing. The next day is a rest day followed by a time trail stage Livorno-Lucca, the Lucca-Bologna stage and the uphill time trial stage Bologna-San Luca. Before starting Bologna-San Luca, Magni knows that that on an ascent he cannot pull on the handlebars. His mechanic, Faliero Masi, cuts a piece of a tire tube and attaches it to the handlebar so Magni can get leverage. It works. Magni after crashing the next day and breaking his shoulder went on to finish 2nd in Milan behind Charly Gaul.
The Giro d'Italia has announced that the 2013 Maglia Rosa will be dedicated to Magni and that at the arrival of the race in Brescia on May 26 there will be a special ceremony.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
For Gimondi & Bianchi Fans: Bianchi Oltre XR "Gimondi 70" , Part II
We previously had photos and information here from the evening in which the Bianchi Oltre XR "Gimondi 70" was unveiled. Today we received the official information about the limited edition of 70 units as follows:
"Bianchi has developed a Special Edition Oltre XR model in celebration of Felice Gimondi's 70th Birthday. Only 70 units of this unique and exclusive Gimondi 70 bicycle will be produced; click on photo to enlarge.
The 70 numbered units will be built and customized at Bianchi headquarter in Treviglio (Italy).
Attributes:
- Celeste Bianchi color which matches up the blue of the Bianchi jersey worn by Felice Gimondi in the 60's and the blue of the Sapphire, the amulet stone distinguishing the people born in September.
-Multicolour stripes along the tubes to remind us of Gimondi's leader jerseys of Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, World and Italian Championships.
-the names of Gimondi's main victories on the down-tube, inside the Bianchi eagle graphic
-Gimondi 70 logo on the headtube
-Vintage Bianchi logo used in the late 60's/early 70's
With Campagnolo Super Record groupset EPS electronic, the bike is characterized by four customized components with the "Gimondi 70 logo":
Campagnolo Bora high-profile carbon wheelset (with Veloflex tubolars)
Selle San Marco Concor carbon FX saddle
La Spirale white grip
Elite Corsa bottle
There will also be prepared a list of customized items (accessories) to include in the sales of the Gimondi 70 limited edition bike.
Pricing and further information will be forthcoming."
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"Bianchi has developed a Special Edition Oltre XR model in celebration of Felice Gimondi's 70th Birthday. Only 70 units of this unique and exclusive Gimondi 70 bicycle will be produced; click on photo to enlarge.
The 70 numbered units will be built and customized at Bianchi headquarter in Treviglio (Italy).
Attributes:
- Celeste Bianchi color which matches up the blue of the Bianchi jersey worn by Felice Gimondi in the 60's and the blue of the Sapphire, the amulet stone distinguishing the people born in September.
-Multicolour stripes along the tubes to remind us of Gimondi's leader jerseys of Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a Espana, World and Italian Championships.
-the names of Gimondi's main victories on the down-tube, inside the Bianchi eagle graphic
-Gimondi 70 logo on the headtube
-Vintage Bianchi logo used in the late 60's/early 70's
With Campagnolo Super Record groupset EPS electronic, the bike is characterized by four customized components with the "Gimondi 70 logo":
Campagnolo Bora high-profile carbon wheelset (with Veloflex tubolars)
Selle San Marco Concor carbon FX saddle
La Spirale white grip
Elite Corsa bottle
There will also be prepared a list of customized items (accessories) to include in the sales of the Gimondi 70 limited edition bike.
Pricing and further information will be forthcoming."
Stories for the Italian Cycling Journal about rides, granfondos, touring, having a good time cycling in Italy, Italian cycling history, racing, etc. are always welcome.
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Contact me at veronaman@gmail.com. There are more than 2,600 stories in this blog. The search feature to the right works best for finding subjects in the blog. There is also a translate button at the bottom so you can translate each page.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
GranFondo Campagnolo Roma: Huge Success
The GranFondo Campagnolo Rome is a partner of the GranFondo NewYork (to be held May 19, 2013); the GFNY organizers were on hand and made this short video:
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