What best bike to buy?
End of the cycling season and is now the time to start planning for next season, training planning, training camps, performance goals and equipment.
Which bike?
At the shop?
Internet?
Ex team?
Any of this option as long is your correct size.
The basic points are:
1)Frame material ( steel, aluminium, titanium, carbon or …bamboo)
Steel, titanium and …bamboo are soft to ride therefore more appropriate for older people or if you are planning to do long and easy rides to enjoy the panorama without worrying if your partner is stronger then you, and the choice of material is based on price (titanium),environmental (bamboo) or just nostalgia(steel).
If you want to do competition and in general a more aggressive approach to riding a bike aluminium and carbon is the answer. Stiffer and more responsive out the corners, and the price will raise from aluminium, aluminium with carbon forks or full carbon.
2)Group set (Campagnolo, Shimano, Sram, Fsa, etc)
Campagnolo if you are nostalgic and romantic, Shimano if you dont care, Sram if you want to save 27.86 grams and pay lots more for it, Fsa…the group set is not ready yet but some part are good. In general the level is very high and in any of this company you can choose sub level of quality according to the price.
If you buy at the shop
The advantages are that you see and touch the one you like choose colour and size, warranty, help on any problems but could be high in price.
If you buy on the internet
Price is one of the good reason, but also the opportunity to find a deal based on casual events, but you need to be an expert and you need a bit of luck
Ex team
Great opportunity of purchasing on a very low price a fantastic quality bike especially if is from a pro-team. Vital to know the team mechanic that will guarantee the bike, but general ly these bikes are regularly checked and parts very often changed to make sure riders are riding top level bikes at all times.
Sticky bottles
Have you heard about sticky bottles ?
Well during long stages at the Giro or even at one day events, basically any time were a domestique rider needs to go back to the car and get drinks for himself or for the team is always take advantage of using the bottle as a little pull from the car to save some energies or to get to the peloton quick and easy.
Next video you will have a perfect example, is Cesare Benedetti former leader of Giro Bio for under 27 this year during a stage of the Giro Val D’Aosta:
Staging in Italy…with U.C. Bergamasca.
Zappi’s development team menbers Sam Parker and Dexter Gardias are now in Italy for two weeks where they are going to race six times as part of the development programme.
The plan to race in Italy is design to learn to race with the continental style in the most hard region for tradition and terrain so called the valley of the kings, because in the 20 km radius the are aprox 50 pro and ex pro ryder.
U.C. Bergamasca is a leading under 23 team in Italy, locate near Bergamo north Milan just minutes away from the Alps and directed by my long term friend and team mate Antonio Bevilacqua and is wife Rossella (an absolute pillar for the organization of the team).
Direttore sportivo Gianluca Valoti ex pro and a valid key for the day to day running of the squad. The team as participating major international race in Italy and abroad with results at the Paris-roubaix for under 23 and leading Giro d’Italia Bio for several stages with Cesare Benedetti currently staging with pro team Liquigas.
Sorry.
One month in silence, I’m sorry but family misfurtune hit me on the head, I did not felt like to make comments or write about news.
My mother passed away recently and this is the reason.
I like to thank all my friends for the support.
About
Hi!
My name is Flavio Zappi, an ex-professional cyclist from Italy, currently living and racing in the U.K with the Zappi’s Cycling club.
Why this blog? Well, different reasons..
I suppose the main purpose is to share with other sports lovers such as myself, my experiences (both past and present), my attempts at improving training approaches, and valuable conversations with professionals or just cycling lovers from the cycling world.
I hope you can find something of value in my blog, and any feedback will be really appreciated!
Thanks!
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