Under the Tuscan Sun
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Awesome post. Very inspiring. I'm planning on doing something like this with my girlfriend (and our bikes!).
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Beautiful pics as always botto, thanks for sharing.

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Tuscany is fantastic, isn't it? Siena is one of my favourite places on the planet, but Lucca is charming too. And Italy is full of wiry old guys with a gazillion miles in their legs who can still sprint up hills and make me feel that the best is yet to come. Fabulous. Great pics, too.
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What beautiful photos! I was just in Lucca, staying nearby, in May/June and this really takes me back. I spent 10-15 minutes talking to the owner of that bike shop that you mentioned (Poli), and it was very interesting hearing about how it's been in his family for several generations. I'm not sure if you wandered around inside, but he has some wonderful pictures on the wall, and for the kit aficionado, there is an entire (large) room with pro kits of all sizes for sale. One of the coolest bike shops I've ever been in, to be honest.
Ma è sicuramente un bel posto, Lucca.
Ma è sicuramente un bel posto, Lucca.
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Agreed. We were in Tuscany this summer too (my pics weren't nearly as nice so I didn't bother posting). We made a day trip to Lucca and after lunch we were enjoying a gelato on the steps of a church and playing the old car color game but with bikes. Black always won.
I went expecting fleets of vintage Columbus tubed racing bikes, but 95% of the bikes I saw were Dutch-style city bikes. Which was really cool in its own way.
I went expecting fleets of vintage Columbus tubed racing bikes, but 95% of the bikes I saw were Dutch-style city bikes. Which was really cool in its own way.
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cheers.
same.
should have taken a pic of the bike i used to get into, and around, town: a brompton.
Agreed. We were in Tuscany this summer too (my pics weren't nearly as nice so I didn't bother posting). We made a day trip to Lucca and after lunch we were enjoying a gelato on the steps of a church and playing the old car color game but with bikes. Black always won.
I went expecting fleets of vintage Columbus tubed racing bikes, but 95% of the bikes I saw were Dutch-style city bikes. Which was really cool in its own way.
I went expecting fleets of vintage Columbus tubed racing bikes, but 95% of the bikes I saw were Dutch-style city bikes. Which was really cool in its own way.
should have taken a pic of the bike i used to get into, and around, town: a brompton.
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You should set up a BF bike rental. I'd make a trip over there if I knew a nice bike and local rider knowledge was waiting for me. Wife is always bugging me to travel and that would be the push I need.

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I really enjoyed your photos. Some breathtaking scenery there. Thanks for posting.
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Completamente buono. Ringraziarla per dividere queste immagini spettacolari.
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Nice pics. Looks like fun.
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Hey Botto, if you made it up the Serchio to the Ponte Diavolo, did you make it into Bagni di Lucca? That's my neck of the woods (when I get over there), and I've done lots of rides in the mountains in that area and up into the Garfagnana. Like you, I think it's a fantastic area. Thanks for the pics!
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Wish you had told me you were going. I could have gone along.

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Hey Botto, if you made it up the Serchio to the Ponte Diavolo, did you make it into Bagni di Lucca? That's my neck of the woods (when I get over there), and I've done lots of rides in the mountains in that area and up into the Garfagnana. Like you, I think it's a fantastic area. Thanks for the pics![
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There are few things in life you can count on.
Botto posting a couple of epic ride reports each year seems to be one of them.
Well done!
I need to go to Europe.
Botto posting a couple of epic ride reports each year seems to be one of them.
Well done!
I need to go to Europe.