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Editor: Niccolò Poppi

Art direction: Claudio di Santo

graphic/illustration: Simone “duman” Marinelli

PHOTOGRAPHY: Massimo “Piacca” Bacci

On the cover: Lady Death by Adam Carvalho

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DODICI CICLI

10. AUSTIN HORSE

It is a feeling that underlines a magical period of the year, in which longer days, the heat of the sun, and the beauty of the landscape allow us to plan excursions and trips, and make a great partner of our bike. Summer or not, events connected to the bike world really have increased a lot. Both in Italy and abroad, we lost count of activities and events that focus all the attention on bicycles and sustainability. Urban tours, amateur races, alleycats, criteriums and a thousand other events are filling related forums; this obviously pleases us, because with Cykeln we’re trying to support them as much as possible through our channels! There are many scheduled activities, starting from the World Championships that will take place in Florence in September, a unique event which includes

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a whole range of parallel activities that we’ll do our best to take part in. Of equal importance is the

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beautiful venues in the city, Stazione Leopolda. As a matter of fact, we’re proud to be among the

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edition, that will be a unique event as usual, we invite you not to miss a taste of cinema and bikes

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very first Florence edition of the Bicycle Film Festival, that this year will take place in one of the most

main Media Partners of such an important event for all bike lovers. Looking forward to the Milan

in a magical city like Florence. September and October will be full of events then, in fact we’re already looking forward to L’Eroica, the vintage touring race that attracts thousands of people from

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all over the world. An appointment you cannot miss, and that this year we will try to support, taking part in it as a team. Speaking of our team, I’d like to let you know it is doing great in Criteriums and it’s getting ready for races in Milan, and for the most competitive one in NY, the Red Hook Crit Series. As you can see, we’re constantly moving, hoping for Cykeln Mag to become a reference for more and more people. Thanks to Adams Carvalho for this amazing cover, and to everybody who was patient enough to answer to our interviews. The path we are undertaking is long and difficult, but thanks to our readers and followers, we are sure we will manage to grow and provide all of you with a more and more interesting service! For this reason, do not hesitate to contact us, to tell us what you think of our work! We’re always open to new challenges and to try and understand what we can improve.

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Niccolò Poppi

Massimo Bacci

www.dodicicicli.com

our

brand

went

from

being

under-

would be nice to link the name of my creation to this story.

ground to being super-known and a

Geometries, materials, design: do you develop

reference for lots of riders, both Italian

everything? Tell us which kind of process Dodici

and international. Tell us your story in a

follows to make a frame!

few words. Ahahah, great, really?! It all happened very fast actu-

Since the beginning, what I did was keeping my ears and eyes

ally, we didn’t even realize it; when I was little, Cicli Liotto’s windows

open, I saw what my friends liked and reflected about that. I

fascinated me, I have always considered Campagnolo as something

was lucky enough to be born in a region, Veneto, that has a

mythic and in 2006, when I had the opportunity to do something that

deeply-rooted bicycle culture, and I had the chance to meet

was mine and make things that could let me go around, I grabbed it. I

great people that later on became our frame builders; with

cherished all things I learnt from working in the apparel field and from

them, we developed the first geometries and the first prod-

my passion for Vespas and junk in general; I started building bikes,

ucts, combining my requests with what was humanly possible

and then making frames and rims. We’re an internet-based brand,

and physically reasonable, according to their advice. A Dodici

since the beginning we started selling outside Italy and sponsoring

frame is the result of this mediation, between my requests (influ-

races everywhere. Mash chose us as a supporter for rims and I trave-

enced by what I see and would like to reach) and the sugges-

led the world to meet people I only knew by e-mail; all of this from a

tions of these wise and patient craftsmen.

home-lab first and then a real shop, until now in via Conchetta. We’re

What do you think is Dodici’s strong point, from a

happy!

technical point of view?

Why Milan and why the name Dodici?

From a technical point of view, a Dodici frame does not come

I know this will bother some people, but I believe Milan is the only city

out complete, it is made to be tested and the first version will

in Italy where you can meet people from abroad, exchange and move

never be the final one; everyone who’s around me and that

freely. Milan gave a lot to me, and I think that, hadn’t I started Dodici

tries the prototypes gives me advice on how to improve it and

here, it wouldn’t have been the same. Many people ask me what Dod-

what to add, like in the case of the Dodici polo frame, which

ici means, but I will never say all the truth about it. I’m not religious, but

required almost 2 years of prototypes.

as I was thinking about a name for my brand, I was listening to one of

By now you changed three different venues for

my favorite artists, KRS ONE and the song Why is that; at some point

your shop, also because the brand is growing and

it talks about Jacob, who was going to have 12 children. I thought it

you need a larger space. Even if this space is won-

derful, is there something you miss of your very first shop? No, I’m a futurist in my approach to life; 2006 was 2006, we’re different now, it’s another world. I don’t miss the times when there were only few people involved and you couldn’t find parts to finish your bike. People say that the crisis period Italy is undergoing right now has revived a passion for bikes in general. Do you think this has increased sales in a more niche sector, like the fixed gear one? Between trends and passion…how did customers evolve since the beginning? Which are the main differences? Fixed bikes are now moving from metropolises to provinces, and from trend-setters to average people who need a means of transport. I prefer this approach; the economic crisis has undoubtedly reduced the purchasing power, especially in Italy, and I don’t think this benefited the market of GOOD bikes. However, more and more people are considering the bike as a life partner, and this inevitably leads to Dodici as well. Where is Dodici going today? Which are the news we should expect this year and next year, both regarding new products and activities? We’re making new bikes. We have a team, and we are using some carbon; today, like yesterday, everything’s moving, you will see some good stuff, but no hints for now. Would you like to greet and thank anyone? Thanks to all of you for being here and believing in the two wheels!

Niccolò Poppi

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AUSTIN HORSE

www.facebook.com/austinhorse ho is Austin Horse?

I started riding bikes as a teenager for the freedom from society it gave me – I could ride where and when I wanted for as long as I wanted. In

my early twenties I moved to NYC and became a bike messenger as it allowed me to support myself on by riding my bike. What do you do for a living? After 8 years of couriering, I have transitioned this year to Spinlister, an online peer-to-peer bike rental startup, where I am the cycling connection. After doing a lot of work you moved to New York to start a bike messenger lifestyle, what is this change due to?

You must be asking about the jobs I held previous to being a

It’s nearly all benefits and very few negatives.

courier. Well back then I felt like I had to move around a lot

Bike messenger championships, how do you train

and try different things. I was not interested in stability or a fu-

for races like these?

ture but wanted to see as much as possible. I never expected to

Every championship race is unique so it’s best not to focus too heavily

be in NYC or working as a courier for as long as I have been,

on one way. There are certain tricks from experience I have that make

so it’s fair to say that I fell in love with the experience of flying

the variables easier to deal with. But probably the best thing to do is

around a city and making money.

not to lose your cool and keep a clear head during the event.

Red Bull: how did everything start?

If I were a novice and I wanted to start living off

Before Red Bull I had local sponsors – first was 49/16 & Team

bike messenging, which are the main risks that I

Screen. I joined the Brooklyn Machine Works family after my

would have to manage? And how could I face my

Surly and I were run over by a rogue taxicab and I was in

first day of work?

need of tough new frame. Red Bull came to hear of me through

It all depends on what city you are starting in – Is there al-

Brooklyn and other people in the community who spoke well of

ready a viable bike messenger economy? Work for whatever

me. After a little bit of talk I had support for a period and was

company will hire you at first, be dependable and not a jerk,

then offered a contract. It’s been great ever since, there is no

pay attention and be flexible for when jobs at better couri-

way I would be able to do what I do without Red Bull’s support.

er companies are available. No messengers where you live?

Tell us more about your campaign for a “less toxic

You’ve got more work ahead of you but it will probably be

city”.

more rewarding. There are quite a few options now to help you

Not sure where this comes from but all my life I have been concerned

with bookkeeping and even dispatching, so avail yourself of

about the effects of our way of life on the ecosystem we depend on

those and get some clients. This is probably the hardest part but

and the future of all life on the planet. In NYC my efforts at reversing a

every place needs stuff moved around and if you pay attention

trend of environmental degradation have dovetailed nicely with all my

to the areas where you can compete with car services (congest-

cycling, as I believe getting more people to ride bikes and shift the cul-

ed areas, more attentive service, less overhead) you can build

ture is one of the most significant ways we can make positive change

a network. Food delivery can be quite lucrative and it may be

now. I like to describe it as low hanging fruit- It’s easy and fun to ride

easier to talk restaurant owners into using you than other types

a bike, improves your life, health and happiness, saves you time, etc.

of industry. If your area is super spread out or doesn’t under-

stand tipping none of these models may work. Red Hook Criterium, tell us about your experience. Well I’d have to say I don’t consider crits to be my specialty or even a type of race I enjoy (beyond the thrill of competing with my peers I do not find going in circles to be very stimulating). First time I did RHC was a week after getting over the swine flu. It was painful, but I did manage to secure the first lap prime. Last year I didn’t sign up to race and just watched, but instantly regretted that as the race began. This year I competed and had a blast! What do you think about the Italian bike culture? Well Italy is one of the crucibles of the bike world. The legacy is phenomenal. However I am not sure what is new and coming from Italy, I am a little out of touch. With my tire sponsor Vittoria and the RHC in Milan I will be looking forward in October to seeing all that Italian cycling has to offer. We at Cykeln truly believe that one day bikes will replace cars, do you share this belief? When one considers that in America most car trips are for short errands and nearly 30% of urban driving is spent looking for a parking spot, I can truly imagine a world where most humans have adopted the use of the bike for the convenience I enjoy now. Someone to thank? t’s a long list! I don’t stand alone but as there’s one man I can’t thank personally I’m so glad Dave Jordan was a part of my life. Thanks for your time Austin, hope to see you soon in Italy.

Claudio Di Santo

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ho is Enol Costales Cortina and

road races to get experience and make the best of Enol. This

why is he on a cycling maga-

is a VERY short résumeé ahahah.

zine? Enol Costales Cortina is a young

You’re not only a track cyclist, you’re also a road

guy from the north of Spain who loves

cyclist. How much time do you dedicate to this

bike races, traveling, surfing and women. I think he’s on a

activity?

cycling magazine because he races around the world on his

This year I started to train like a real cyclist because I’m U23

bike and has good friends in Italy ahahah.

and it’s a serious category. I spend 7 days a week on the

What pushed you to jump on a bike?

bike, it’s like my job ahahah. I started with pre-season in No-

I started to ride a track bike when I was 16 more or less (I’m 19

vember with the Spanish Road Champion Iván Cortina who

now), because I borrowed various track bikes from some very good

helped me a lot with the training. Now I’m training 6 days a

friends (Jon Ruiz and Santy) and I started saving money to buy one

week and rest 1 day.

and go see the waves in the morning when I was on holiday. Then

How much has the fixed gear scene evolved in

I met some amazing people who used to race in local road teams

Spain?

and I bought a road bike to start training with them; that’s how it

The fixed gear scene is present in big cities like Barcelona or

all started.

Madrid , but in the north there’s a big culture of track bikes

From surf to cycling, can you tell us the story?

and there’s a lot of velodromes, for example in the Basque

Ahahah this is a strange story! I bought a bike because I live

Country. Now the fixed gear is present in all of Spain, but

a few miles from the beach and I needed it to check out the

I think it has to grow more! Criteriums are a way to make it

waves in the morning. Then I started to use that track bike all

bigger!

day to go everywhere, and I said ‘’I want to try real cycling;

You have recently placed yourself 3rd at the Gi-

it all started when I won the first crit in Gijón in 2011 and

jon Criterium; are you hoping to do better in the

few months later I won another crit in Barcelona. After that I

next Red Hook Criterium?

went to NYC in 2012 for the Red Hook Crit and I saw the

YES! I finished third in the local crit! It’s an ordinary result

tough side of the cycling ahahah. In the spring of 2012 I met

but…ahahah, I hope to do my best in Barcelona, but the Red

my friend Telleria who helped me join the famous local team

Hook is a really hard race: too fast, technical and there’s a

‘’Las Mestas’’, a junior road team who helped me a lot on

lot of fast people there!!

Favourite road cyclist, track and cyclocross cy-

was like ‘’Really?!’’, it’s like a dream! I’m grateful to David

clist?

for this opportunity because it is a big motivation for races!

My favourite road cyclist with difference is Mark Cavendish, but I

Do you think that training on a road bike could

like Cancellara too ahahah, Sir Chris Hoy for the track and Sven

improve your endurance on track bike criteri-

Nys in the cyclocross for sure!

ums?

I know you are racing from Trimble racing team,

This is a nice question! All mtb or cyclocross cyclists train

can you tell us more?

with a road bike, it is the easiest way to be in good shape!

Yep, I’m going to race with Trimble racing in the Red Hook

I didn’t use the track bike this year, just for races because

Crit! I love Trimble bikes! When Trimble offered me that, I

with a road bike you can do a lot of work, like intervals, with more cadence or less cadence, etc... Any plans to come to visit us in Italy? I love Italy! Last year when I was in Milan for the crit I said ‘’I need to come here next year!’’ For sure I’m going to visit your territory next October to finish the race season and hang out the bike ahahah I will need that! Would you like to thank anyone? I would like to thank a lot of people who helped me, like my family, they’re my biggest sponsor ahahah, my friends Guille, Cortina, Telleria, Perancho, Felipe, etc... Emma who spent a lot of hours with me this winter, Cachuli and Cris because without them nothing would work in my bike, Catlike helmets, FFWD wheels...and in a few words all the people who spent a minute with me and made the best of my person!

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Rafael Hernandez

www.takeoverla.blogspot.com

ello man, can you please introduce yourself to our readers and riders? Mi

SEAN MARTIN just you, the bike and the road, working perfectly together.

You are a veteran of alleycats, could you please

What’s up guys? My name is Sean Martin, I’m 34

tell us how everything has changed since the very

years old. I ride and race Track bikes, Road bikes and

beginning?

CX bikes. I am also Team Captain for CBNC Cycling, the cycling

In my short 6 years of racing alleycats all over the globe,

wing of the apparel brand CBNC. For the last five years I have run

the races have gotten more serious and have bigger stakes

the Los Angeles based blog Takeoverla.wordpress.com and host street

involved, money backing them and huge prizes. For the most

races here in L.A.

part, the essence has stayed the same: going fast in the streets

You rode so many kilometers in your life; what

and having fun while doing it. It’s more accessible these days,

can you say now, considering your experience on

every corner of the planet now has alleycats and huge events

top of a bike?

and more and more riders are getting into it. I think it’s a great

It’s not about the destination, it’s about the ride, the miles you

thing and just shows that people have a need and want for

put in and the friends and sites you see along the way.

adventure in their lives, even if it’s just a silly alleycat.

L.A is such a great city, but I know it is a car-based

Are you sponsored right now? Could you please

city! Could you describe how is it to work and ride

describe your ride set up?

in this chaos? And what’s the feeling of being on

Yes, I am, I currently ride for Affinity Cycles (track), Velovie (road),

a bike while everyone else is sitting in a car next

Continental tires, Burro bags, Met Helmets, Endo Customs, Albabici

to you?

and of course CBNC. I also run an adventure cycling team called

For me, it’s the best place ride ever. If you want to slay miles

SGCS or Super Galactic Cycling Squad, which has Oakley, God

and shred heavy traffic filled streets, you have that type of rid-

and Famous, and Knog for sponsors.

ing, if you want to go climb mountains and bomb hills you that

My main race bike is my Affinity Kissena, I run either my Phil Wood

type of riding; and if you want to party ride with your friends,

hubs, laced to HPlusson hoops for street or my Reynolds DV66 for

we got that too! The way to describe it, is you are pretending

track racing. It has a Selle SMP evolution saddle, Paul seatpost, a

to be a very aggressive car when you ride a bike in LA. You

Forza stem and Forza compact road drops for the cockpit, with Sram

have to earn that spot on the road, because these cars out here

Omniums for the drive train. I run Time ATAC MTB pedals for the streets

will not give it to you, you have to take it and keep it. It’s fast,

and Shimano 105 road pedals for the track. #nobrakesnomasters

it’s aggressive and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

I saw you on Fixation the Movie! Great movie,

The feeling I get when I look into the unhappy faces of the

we talked about it some issues ago. What do you

drivers in LA, is pure bliss. Even when I am having a shitty

think about videos, clips and movies on the fixed

day, I think to myself “at least I’m riding my bike and having

gear trend? Are they useful to spread the word

way more fun than any of these people trapped in their cars”. I

about this scene?

mean, I just don’t get it, why drive when you can ride?

Thanks man, it was fun to film. I think this trend is great, it’s

I am pretty curious about the feelings and sensa-

spreading the word of track bikes, showing what riders are

tions you have when you are riding alone and you

doing in other parts of the world, helping to get brands out

feel completely set with the road and the land-

there and showcase the culture behind this movement. It’s how I

scape! Do you ever feel like this? How could you

stay up on races I want to attend and get to know riders before

explain this feeling to people who don’t ride a

ever meeting them. I think we need more!

bike?

Any plans to come to Italy?

Yes, at times. I call it being in the “zone” or “the moment of

Yes! I am hoping to come next year, I have family in Sweden, that I

Zen”. If I had to explain it, they would not understand, it’s

will be visiting during a short bike tour of Sweden, then hopping on

something you have to find for yourself. It’s that moment when

the train and biking all over Europe; Italy is one of the few countries in

everything is flowing and there isn’t a thought in your head,

Europe I haven’t been to and I am looking forward to seeing the Italian

side of this thing we call cycling! Last words greet some people, feel free to say what you want! I just wanna shout out my friends and family, without you guys I wouldn’t be who I am today, thanks. The whole CBNC family, the You won’t crew and The bitch I might be fam, O20, GSC, SGCS, WOB, TCB, The Browns, Alaska, Los Angeles, all the LA homies, my SF peeps, the whole Northwest, and anyone I have met because of bikes, you all rock! All my sponsors for their support. All the brands and blogs that have supported me, TOLA and my events throughout the years. All the people that read TOLA on a daily basis, thanks! My girl Melanie Seeger, thanks baby for making me the happiest guy on earth, our animals for being the best cats and dog a guy could ask for. My sister Kelly Martin for getting me to ride bikes, you da best! Last word… “It never gets easier, you just get faster” – Greg Lemond

Claudio Di Santo

Langdon Taguiped personal archive

ho is Langdon? I am definitely a “free spirit” at the core. I have a creative mind with an addiction to adrenaline and endorphins. It’s a good

and Brad Adams of E11 were always chasing me down and I was

thing that I live a straight edge lifestyle. But racing bicycles and

always chasing them down. It was fun! But, it came to a point

training satisfies my addictions naturally. Biologically I am 1/4

where Bud and Brad were questioning each other “why isn’t he

human and 3/4 alien…ahahah!

on our team?”... ahahah. Shortly after I was asked to join the

When did you decide to race bicycles?

E11 team. Not knowing where or what was going on with

A couple of years ago I discovered the steel

the newly forming Rock Racing as a team I decided to race

track bike. I was instantly hooked and be-

with my friends, and keep it fun!

gan to ride with people in downtown LA

Difference between the Red Hook and Wolf-

and Long Beach. In life, being open to new

pack?

adventures and challenges means you’re

In these brakeless crits you need to have two tools to

alive! So, I challenged myself to do a

be competitive, bike handling skills and legs. While

regular ride called the “dark century”

chatting with Red Hook Crit Race Director Dave

100 miles at night. I showed up with

Trimble, he said he designs his courses with

my steel brakeless track bike wearing

the need to have really good bike han-

Dickies cut off shorts and checkered

dling skills to level the playing field.

slip-on Vans with no socks! I didn’t

On the contrary, in the WolfPack

know what I was getting into

mind controls the

was climbing in the route and

friends who rode track bikes in the street had. So I rode

completed the whole 100

might want to explore Being

cycling. mentally

strong is more important than having physical strength, in

opinion.

for me, it suited my personality. My first race was at Chris Cono’s street race, Fortune 700. His race gave me and a lot of people in LA our first dose of racing addiction and an introduction to a great community of friends. I love him for that! On a side note, Chris recently passed away racing a USAC sanctioned Crit and hit our bicycle community hard with a reality check. I naturally progressed to true track racing at the velodrome and USAC sanctioned Crits and Road Racing, I just like racing! When I first started racing USAC Crits I raced on my steel track bike. I had to put on a freewheel and two brakes to satisfy USAC rules while everyone else raced with carbon frames and multiple gears. I raced my single speed set up purely for the personal challenge. I had a number of top 10 finishes and somehow was ranked 3rd in the state overall. Having no expectations, the newly acquired infamous Rock Racing was forming a second generation team and I was the first recruit in Southern California. I’m assuming my single speed racing caught their attention. As I quickly learned

tioned crits. There is

cycling and

teams come and go.

langdonphoto.com if you’re curious. In the process I discovered this whole underground street race scene in LA and I knew it was

more traditional in sanc-

competsponsorships

gallery showing called “free spirit”. You can check the pics at

pivotal point to which

about itive

around, photo documenting this lifestyle and had a monthly

miles and that was the

mentally strong and

able tool to have, which is

body.

At that time I was fascinated by the individualism my

I was on a 48x16, but I

I recognized I was

race, legs were the more valu-

T h e

and was totally clueless. There

How much day time do you reserve to bike train-

definitely a difference the

two

race s

ing? I enjoy the process of training and progressing! Honestly, I don’t have a computer on my bikes. One, they are expensive and two, they are distracting to me when riding. I go to the velodrome every other day, Tues and Thurs I do a double session, morning and evening. Or I mix it up and do a Crit training ride at night. On the weekend I do longer road/climbing group rides if I am not racing. It is good to get comfortable riding in a fast paced group. Experience is critical, I am a late bloomer when it comes to racing so I try to absorb as much experience and knowledge as quickly as possible. In which way did you enter E11? I was already friends with all of the E11 team members from riding in L.A., and we would always race track against each other. At the time I was racing for Rock Racing, Bud Abile

that make them equally challenging. Pro cycling or underground cycling? I really like what Dave Trimble has done with the Red Hook Crit Series, I was blown away by the whole event, the energy of the crowd and the ass kicking of the race itself. The brakeless crit format compliments my mentality, it’s so crazy and bananas to race, I love it! I plan to do the Milan Italy RHC race and will do the whole Red Hook Crit Series next year, so I have shifted my training to focus on this race format. Having done both types of races I know which tools I need to sharpen. You have to suffer through the self-inflicted torture in order to learn from it. I am definitely chasing the Red Hook dragon! With the momentum of what Dave has created, the Red Hook Series has the potential to enable a paid career as a pro brakeless crit racer. These races are true X games events. I am trying to figure out how to afford the travel and train full time, it is possible to achieve, I just have to think more creatively about fund raising. I have seen this achieved when skateboarding shifted to a street skating lifestyle. So I am not sure how to label it. But, I would like to be a Pro Brakeless Rider for the Red Hook Crit Series! What do you do for a living? I design and make custom furniture with cyclist in mind. I’m am a newer old school craftsman! I like working with raw steel and wood, they have a nice flow together. Originalbikeco.com has my pieces for sale, but word of mouth and social networking is how I get most of my clients. I like making tangible things that people can use and enjoy. Road bike for training? I do a mix of everything. I do fast paced road/crit training group rides on my road bike for endurance and race USAC sanctioned crits regularly. For leg speed and acceleration I train at the velodrome and I race USAC sanctioned track races regularly. For bike handling skills and agility, I ride brakeless in the street, since racing RCH I actually practice taking hairpin turns on a track bike in an empty parking lot. It’s tough to balance it and there are no short cuts, your result in fitness is the amount of time you put into training. I try to race as much as possible because the intensity is different and experience is critical. Needless to say, I just like racing! Thanks to Kevin Kang and Sei Haeng Lee at Engine 11 Ray Asante and Jason Schutz at IRT, Inertia Racing Technology Rudy Ordaz at JLVelo Thomas Lee at XDS Bicycles Paul at City Grounds and Originalbikeco.com Thank You very much for this interview, I hope to meet you at Red Hook Milan!

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Adams Carvalho

I do. I like a lot of cycling in the city. The bike makes people closer to the city, with other people. The bike makes the city more human. How is the bike scene in Brazil? Bicycle use has increased in Brazil in the last 3 or 4 years. However, there is no incentive to use it. Only young people use the bicycle. Fixed gears are already quite popular here.

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Do you consider yourself a street artist? I’m just a simple illustrator with some thematic street.

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please introduce yourself to our readers?

Which projects do you have for the future? What attracts your attention right now? I’m writing the script for a short film animation inspired by French filmmaker

Hello, I’m Adams Carvalho, Brazilian,

live in São Paulo. I work with illustrations, paintings and animations. I love bikes.

Jacques Tati and your bicycle. Who would you like to thank and greet? I would like to thank two great friends: Christopher from Velodeath and

We discovered your tumblr a long time ago and

Pablo ‘Tag and Juice’.

we were delighted by the work you do. Obviously we were impressed by the bike theme. How did you start drawing and how did the bike theme influence you? I always liked to draw people, mainly female figures in intimate scenes, lonely, introspective. About 4 years ago I adopted a bike in my life. This new lifestyles began to influence my work. The theme of bicycles made my work more urban, more connected to the street. The female characters are undoubtedly at the heart of your works. What do you like about drawing the figure of a woman? What kind of female subject do you prefer to draw and why? I like to draw young skinny girls, slightly sexy, minimalist and tattooed bodies. Girls bring more beauty to the images and make the designs more pleasant. What kind of rider are you? And what do you think about the urban bike scene? I am an urban cyclist, use the bicycle as transportation and have so much fun with it. I love fixed gears, a recurring theme in several illustrations that

Niccolò Poppi

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VELODROMO VIGORELLI

hen talking about Italian cycling, it is almost impossible not to mention one of its most representative symbols, the building that hosted the history of cycling and its records. I’m obviously speaking of the Maspes Vigorelli velodrome in Milan, which is currently undergoing an unstable situation, surviving between economical, political and ethical interests. The Milan velodrome was named Vigorelli after Giuseppe Vigorelli, former track cyclist, then mayor of Garbagnate and member of the Milan city council (dealing with sports policies). It was built in 1935, and its size would not be considered regular today: in fact, the track is 397.7mt long and 7.5 wide, with a slope of 42 degrees, whereas the UCI requires that tracks hosting world and Olympic events are 250mt long and have a slope of 45 degrees. Leaving measurements aside, the Vigorelli velodrome is an indelible symbol of that heroic cycling that turned into a legend cyclists like Giuseppe Olmo (world record for an hour’s run in 1935), Fausto Coppi (who established the world hour record with 45.798km on November 7th 1942), Bartali, Magni, Jacques Anquetil, and let alone Antonio Maspes, “the Lord of the ring” and his 7 world championship sprint titles. He was so symbiotic with the Milan velodrome that when he died, in 2000, his name was added to Vigorelli, and the velodrome is now named Maspes-Vigorelli. This extremely short summary of this incredible building’s story was necessary to introduce a long-standing problem: the survival of the velodrome, which nowadays, after the splendor of the golden age of cycling has faded, needs to face a system crisis, which represents the struggle between its historical and ethical value and the economical-executive-political value of today’s society.

The velodrome was destroyed during the war and then rebuilt; it was closed during the snowfall of 1985, and left unused for cycling purposes from 1988 to 1997, when it opened again thanks to private sponsors, and was poorly used until 2001. Since then, however, it is undergoing a phase of structural deterioration, and a difficult fight is taking place in the Milan city council, regarding the actual use of this venue. Some hope revived in 2012, when the City of Milan announced an international design contest for the Maspes Vigorelli velodrome, in order to restore this epic building. And today, thanks to the elaborate winning project, realized by a large group of architects, we could really have the opportunity to restore the Vigorelli velodrome’s track and bring back to its splendor a municipal building with a great potential. Unfortunately, as it always happens in our country, where ethical and professional integrity faces hypocrisy, new problems came up, the chance to start working faded, and we could lose the funds we already gathered. In fact, after the end of the contest, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities decided to initiate a procedure regarding the cultural interest of the structure and the safeguard of the wooden track. What we’re risking is wasting a hard work of economical and architectural design (that communities of enthusiasts and young architects dedicated time and money to), letting the building get more and more deteriorated during the infinite delays we Italians are used to. Today, I felt like writing these few lines and taking advantage of the echo of our magazine on an international level, to let people who live abroad know that we need solidarity in the cycling world; be it because it’s 40

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on trend or because of a competitive spirit, be it connected to urban fixed gear or to the classical amateur and professional cycling. We really cannot forgive people who abandon structures like the Vigorelli velodrome. Find below some links (in Italian) that can help the ones who are willing to understand and interact with initiatives and on social networks. On Facebook: Give us the Vigorelli Velodrome back - http://www.facebook.com/ groups/187424021290659/ Vigorelli Velodrome - http://www.facebook.com/vigorellivelodrome?fref=ts We want the Vigorelli back - http://www.facebook.com/ rivogliamo.ilvigorelli?fref=ts International design contest Maspes Vigorelli velodrome http://www.concorsovigorelli.it/index.php/it/ Contest winner - http://www.vgrassi.it/

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PELAYO RICO

ho is Pelayo Rico and why is he on a cycling magazine? I’m a 21-year-old guy from Asturias who currently resides in Valencia; I’m an outgoing, energetic, direct and open on any subject tattoo artist, which for two years dedicated to everything that has to do with the two wheels. I’m a sprinter and am currently under 23 of the Asturias track selection. I’m a bicycle collector and in the process to start my own wheel company.

ther, my coach for trusting me in my second year, and all the people who write to me via Instagram and Facebook asking for help and advice, I value that I am a reference.

At what age did you start training at the velodrome?

My beginnings in the velodrome date back to when I was 19; after running several criteriums and alleycats a friend and I ventured into the Valencia velodrome, where I saw and met Ruben Donet Gregori (Athens 2004) to see how was the coaching I wanted to try. I had to buy a bike in conditions, and I bought an Affinity Kissena. With the velodrome team, I started to run the first track tournaments, points and scratch races (60/80 laps): I thought I would die, but striving and improving training led to my results.

I know you’ve been involved in a bad car accident; what pushed you to get back on the track bike?

When I run endurance races I usually train with my touring bike, on traveled routes of 60-100 km; during one of my workouts a car hit me in the middle of the track league when I was in fourth position, my Affinity Kissena, my Hed 3 and my Hed disc were all broken and I was unconscious… when I woke up I was only worried about my bike, I did not care about my physical conditions. I was discharged from the hospital on a wheelchair and it was time to buy another bike; I bought a pro track Massi, like the Cat track team, a great team that I respect a lot. I left endurance racing to start preparing sprint races, a discipline that to me seemed a lot more attractive than resistance.

First year for you at the Red Hook Criterium. How do you feel?

That’s right, this will be my first Red Hook Criterium here in Barcelona, I really wanted to race but 5 days later I have to go to Navarre for the national championship track, so I’m not risking too much as it is a major championship. If I’ll go to Milan next year it will be with great pleasure and with batteries recharged. I hope the Spanish riders will demonstrate their quality in such a beautiful city like Barcelona.

You are currently training for your track championship; could we see you at the Olympics in Rio, representing the Spain team?

It is currently the 30th national championship, I do not expect to win because this year has been difficult due to various physical injuries but I’ll tune the bike as much as possible for next year to go to Fiorenzuola and run the world championship. Rio Olympic games 2016 are a reality for many athletes; it is something that any athlete would like to enjoy, to represent their country in an event like this. It is something that is in my head now, something that has to do with the results.

Would you like to thank anyone?

Yes, I have to thank my family and friends, especially my fa-

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Ingria Bikes

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ello guys, do you want to tell us just a little bit about you and your job?

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We started in 2011 as two simple guys who love bikes and as collector first! Simple fixed gear with cheap parts. Since I was young I was interested in bikes as a sport, so after few days we decided to open a shop. Actually we are the only specialized shop in the city. Even if we consider ourselves as a club and not only a shop, where you can come to ask for advice and find people for a ride.

Saint Petersburg is a huge city, I have been there 10 years ago and I remember the space and the enormous possibility your city offers to riders! How is being a rider in this city? St. Petersburg is actually one of the most rideable cities in Russia. Despite the arrogance of drivers and the fact that the winter is very hard, more and more people are getting on bikes. Plus there are several organizations who fight for the rights of cyclists, trying to improve structures for cycling. Our shop is located in the centre of the city but working until late in the evening doesn’t help us enjoy the beauty of our city!

You are pretty young frame builders, what pushed you to start this activity and who influenced you the most in this choice? In 1999 I designed the first frame. It was a road bike I created for a competition in the Krasnodar region, where there are a lot of couriers. In 2011 I was searching for a bike to train, some track frame with an ideal geometry I had in my mind. I didn’t find it so I decided to build it. That’s how I created the first model of Ingria. After this, we thought it could be interesting to make it a serious work. Our concept is to make the same frame we would like to ride, with the same property and geometry of a track frame, but absolutely prepared to be street creed.

I know you organize a lot of events such as criteriums and alleycats, how is the fixed gear scene in Russia? The fixed gear scene is quite young and the culture of urban biking has a short story of two years on the back. Only this year the passion

of some cyclists created a sort of new way to understand the urban culture and started to race on fixed, so in this sense the competition is not very strong. Despite this we are trying to develop a culture of racing using fixed bikes and of course we organize a series of events to help this. One of them is the Leningrad Criterium that we decided to divide in three stages, in May, July and September. Of course we would like to make the scene grow and invite more riders from around the world next year. In Ukraine, during spring, there’s a quite interesting race, the Indoor Rover at the indoor velodrome of Ska Lviv, and the Kiev Crit in Kiev, that I won a couple of years ago.

I discovered you were in Barcellona for the Red Hook crit! Tell us your experience, what do you think about this new hype about criterium races? What about the Red Hook in Milan? Have you ever been to

Italy?Â Yes, my friends were on the Red Hook in Barcelona that we consider a very great race, which continues to grow and develop. Last year, I went to Milan for the Red Hook. This season, the level of the organization and the race was higher, and level of teams started to be very competitive and professional. In October, we will come to Milan, and after the race we will visit some friends in Rome. Next year I plan to go to New York for the first time and take part in the Red Hook, it seems to be very fun.

In conclusion, where do you want to get and which are your projects for the future? Next year, it would be desirable to increase the level of our racing series Leningrad Fixed Criterium. There are plans to make a new model of frames Ingram, and pass all the stages at the Red Hook Series.

Last words for greetings!

I would like to say thank you to all who are interested in our work and our frames, thank you for your magazine interview. Ride with pleasure. See you in Milan!

Niccolò Poppi

Archivio personale

Protohistory of the velocipede Florence and the birth of cycling On the occasion of the UCI Road World Championships, which will take place in Florence in September, and being Cykeln a Florence-based magazine, I decided to create a small column to talk about Tuscan cycling and the great importance that velocipedes had in Florence at the beginning of the 19th century. Very often, when we ride our bikes in the city, we don’t realize that the Florentine aristocracy of that time used to go through the same streets by bicycle indeed, and that numerous races among velocipedes, which were really on trend in the mid-19th century, took place in the same avenues where we dodge cars today. But let’s start from the beginning and deal with a delicate question of paternity, connected to the BIKE itself. The protohistory of Tuscan cycling dates back to the 15th-16th century, thanks to the most famous inventor ever, Leonardo da Vinci. In fact, in 1966, in Madrid, during the restoration of the Codex Atlanticus by Leonardo da Vinci (1480-1510), the drawing of a machine that surprisingly looked like a bicycle was found on the back of a piece of paper filled with the tiny handwriting of the Florentine genius. A load-bearing frame, two wheels of the same size, and a chain drive operated by a crank mechanism. This sketch, secretly guarded in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana for more than 500 years, has been attributed to one of Leonardo’s pupils, who was proba-

From the celerifere to the velocipede

bly looking for different ways to build a flying machine, not knowing he was laying the foundations of a potential means

The story of the velocipede starts in 1791 with the celerifere by Count

of transport. Anyway, since we don’t have any other infor-

Mede De Sivrac, a wooden frame equipped with fixed wheels,

mation regarding the dating of Leonardo’s sketch, all we can

pushed along by its rider’s long steps.

do is jump to 1868, the year that marks the appearance of

The idea was then modified in 1817 by the German Baron Karl Drais

the first real pedal velocipede in Florence.

von Sauerbonn, who created the “draisine”, which had the advantage of an added steering. In 1855 Pier Michaux, a Parisian blacksmith,

From La Nazione, September 12th 1868:

equipped the “draisine” with a pedal, attached to the hub of the front

Since last Wednesday, in the streets of our city and in the

wheel, making new solutions for the biomechanics of the vehicle possi-

Cascine Park, we saw a two-wheel velocipede, a wide-

ble. Years later, his son, Ernest Michaux, perfected the machine, equip-

spread instrument in France and England, that we still didn’t

ping it with two pedals on the front wheel’s hub. It was still far away

know.

from Leonardo’s project, because the vehicle sketched by the Florentine

M. Favre, manufacturer from Voiron (Isère), jumped on it by

genius had a chain drive; however, the model used by Favre was very

himself, racing very fast; he has come to Florence with the

similar to it. It’s crazy to think that in 1867 Guilmet and Meyer created

purpose of storing these velocipedes at the European ba-

the exact missing link between the velocipede and the incredible draw-

zaar.

ing by Leonardo, making the first modern bicycle, equipped with two

15 years ago, velocipedes were on trend, yet imperfect;

identical wheels and a chain drive on the back wheel. That novelty,

they required exertion and were different from the ones by

however, was only taken into consideration 20 years later, by some

M. Favre, which can offer young people a useful and fun

manufacturers that exploited the idea.

physical exercise at the same time. 1869-1870 Florence Veloce Club

The velocipede trend became more and more widespread; in March 1869, at the D’Azeglio garden, someone saw a woman effortlessly riding a velocipede, and soon afterwards newspapers talked about a race among 8 velocipede riders on the main avenue of the Cascine Park. In the meantime, near the Barriera in Piazza degli Zuavi, an authentic “driving school” for velocipedists had been founded, which included bike rental. In via Montebello, a mechanic, Giovanni Santacroce, started building velocipedes, and showcased in his workshop a bicycle with a sign that read: Fabbrica Italiana Fiorentina. In Modena, since the year before, people had been building velocipedes that were identical to the French ones. At the end of 1969, Giovanni Fazzini from Pontassieve, a lawyer that had a practice in Florence, proposed to found an authentic association of Florentine velocipedists. Influential personalities agreed (at the time bicycles were really expensive and only whealthy people could afford one), such as Count Augusto Mirafiori, Torquato Ciofi (engineer), and Prince Tommaso Corsini, who were ready to fully back the initiative and support the creation of the association. On December 7, 1896 the “Veloce Club di Firenze” was founded. From Dal velocipedismo a Gino Bartali (From velocipedism to Gino Bartali), by Capanni and Cervellati

Christian Donaj

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So here we go: For the first time, the Red Hook Crit took place in Barcelona. Awesome, so I could meet my friend Carlos Serra, visit the Dosnoventa Headquarter and take part in what may be the biggest, prestigious and top-class event in the world. It was also also a good chance to take unique pictures, make new friends and have some race action. The following pics will showcase this amazing weekend. Carlos, Fernando and his girlfriend picked me up at the airport and we went straight to the Dosnoventa HQ, where the Pre-Race party was hosted. This beauty was presented directly in the entrance and has been one of the eye-catchers of the evening.

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The European blog and racing scene was there; one of them was Rudy Melo from The 5th Floor UK, showing his Leader Kagero with a custom painted Death Spray fork.

Race day, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at the Dosnoventa HQ, the team bikes are already prepared and looking fast!

About 30 minutes later the small street in front of the shop

Qualification run, Group2, I had no idea how strong and

was filled with bikes and people, having a good time and

fast the teams are. This experience was worth it, I will have

a couple of drinks.

to train really hard in order to compete in another race, maybe next year.

For sure the strongest Group. These guys are still smiling after going fast for 30 minutes during their qualification.

Alex and Mianzi Rei also stayed with me at Carlosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home. Here we met the man who lets all the magic of this awesome event happen.

Just before the race, it started to rain. Racers couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe

it.

A few minutes before the race started. Final instructions.

The race started at full throttle. 24 Laps, full speed. Awesome location.

The race is over. Stefan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fishâ&#x20AC;? Vis is the lucky winner. Escorted by the Mash SF Team back to the finish area.

The lucky winner Stefan Vis with his medal and the bike. All alone on the podium after the ceremony.

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