Rouleur Issue 23 has Part One of a story on CAMPAGNOLO. We were lucky enough to visit the headquarters in Vicenza two times, but the story and photos in this issue are almost as great as being there! One of the things that first bonded "Harry & Leather" back in the late '80's was their mutual admiration and respect for the venerable Italian component company. (Disclaimer: Campagnolo is an official supplier to CycleItalia)...»

Like most folks, we LOVE to see our name in print! So much that we put it on a lot of stuff, a lot of which we give to our clients when they arrive in Italy. Here's what 2011 guided-tour guests will receive - on the left is a "Bottle Bubble" the perfect way to bring back that trophy bottle of wine in your checked luggage. Below is a special "Jersey-Bin" to keep your euros dry in your back pocket of the CycleItalia Jersey by Santini in the center of the photo. Below are the custom "Cue-Clip" to hold your map, samples of chamois creme from our friends at Hibros, a pair of custom socks and at right a cinch-sack/backpak to haul all the stuff away! We had 'em put a big white panel on it so you can write your name on it to keep track of your stuff in the van....»

It's spring, though around here you wouldn't know unless you checked the calendar! A snowy morning made Larry think about cleaning up the workshop a bit and once it was all clean, why not take a photo or two? Here you see the workbench and tool board. We notice a lot of shops keep tools laying around on benches or stashed in drawers -- if you're going to work on bikes for a living Larry thinks you should let you customers know you have the tools (as well as the expertise) to take care of their needs. Having things up on the board makes it easy to find the exact tool and tell if something's missing. The shop wheel-building area's a bit less structured since the truing stand and other fixtures are often moved to gain a bit of room for various wheel-related tasks. White, while tougher to keep clean, reflects light better and is always our first choice when it comes to paint-schemes where visibility is important. Anything not covered with tools in our shop is covered with Giro and Tour memorabilia collected over the years. ...»

The Story of the Giro d'Italia by our friends Bill and Carol McGann is now available. Volume 1 anyway, as Bill and Carol are slaving away over Volume 2 as I type this. When "Chairman Bill" first told me he was moving to Arkansas (after selling Torelli Imports) to run his BikeRaceInfo website and write a history of the Tour de France, I pestered him to instead write the first English-language history of the Giro d'Italia, mostly for selfish reasons. I was additionally motivated by desire to share with Bill the contents of the CycleItalia library. We've collected Italian-language cycling books while in Italy for over 20 years and also have video records of the more recent Giro editions that are no longer available. I thought all of this could be put to good use and would be very helpful to Bill and Carol. They thanked me and continued work on The Story of the Tour de France which has been well received. Once it was done, they turned their attention to our beloved Giro and we not only made the contents of our library available, we continued to collect and send books to Bill as he worked diligently on this project so dear to us. Now you can read Volume 1 and learn the history of La Corsa Rosa. Bill captures the spirit of the race and shares our affection for it, which you can read here in a bit Larry wrote at Bill's request a few years ago. We're also waiting for another English-language book about the Giro...which one will make it to our mailbox first and stake the claim as the first? We'll know shortly!...»