tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post5668036019345288275..comments2024-03-18T10:19:55.782-04:00Comments on The Velo ORANGE Blog: Dad's Custom Altieri, Sicily's BestVelo Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835615331417822722noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-38049284215719894002014-11-21T10:00:06.769-05:002014-11-21T10:00:06.769-05:00Not a typo. 24" tubulars are a thing. Look it...Not a typo. 24" tubulars are a thing. Look it up!- Mark VeloOrangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814029344407654254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-74549594126458619812014-11-21T09:31:25.004-05:002014-11-21T09:31:25.004-05:00Great story and beautiful bike! Wish I still had t...Great story and beautiful bike! Wish I still had the ride I cherished from that era. One small point: 24 inch tubulars?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-81461142397084048312014-11-19T17:01:55.019-05:002014-11-19T17:01:55.019-05:00I too was stationed in Sigonella during the mid-80...I too was stationed in Sigonella during the mid-80's and bought a Moser 10-speed from Tino Vasello in Catania while I was there. Like your father's bike, mine hung in my garage for at least 10 years until this summer when I took it to Syracuse Bicycle and Melo Velo in Syracuse to refurb it. I've put about 300 miles on it this summer and can't wait to get back on it in the spring.<br />May your father rest in peace, and his memory live forever in your mind!Matt Kuligowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-55329903245588436372014-11-18T12:46:28.148-05:002014-11-18T12:46:28.148-05:00Lovely story, and I'm sure your father is smil...Lovely story, and I'm sure your father is smiling from the heavens. What a great way to remember your dad. I hope you ride it a lot and hang on to it long enough to pass it down to your kids!somervillainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13903377050982678550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-34307763689542480692014-11-18T11:15:14.849-05:002014-11-18T11:15:14.849-05:00I love your description as to the history of it. K...I love your description as to the history of it. Kind of got choked up while reading the "show it to the prez" paragraph. Your dad was all about his cool stories and I've heard most of them many many times! The way he would tell it would some how gravitate you to wanting to know more. I can still see his facial expressions while telling his great stories. And don't let me get into the corny jokes and how he would think they were the funniest thing ever. I can hear his laugh. I miss him and I'm glad to see you are keeping his memories alive!MK1375https://www.blogger.com/profile/15676594835653898862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-18194278595071471632014-11-17T21:05:40.675-05:002014-11-17T21:05:40.675-05:00Sorry to hear of your father's death, but happ...Sorry to hear of your father's death, but happy that you have something this nice to remember him by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-28646659536367813982014-11-17T14:46:17.489-05:002014-11-17T14:46:17.489-05:00I have another similar installment of italo-steel ...I have another similar installment of italo-steel from 1982, in the beautiful shape of Bianchi Specialissima built around super-leggera specs. It's a lucky strike for me that I have similar bodily proportions as my father-in-law had in the 80's. =)<br /><br />The bike had seen better days when it arrived to my hands: rotten brake hoods, tubulars separating from the base tapes and nearly every once moving part either stuck and/or rusted. With the flaking celeste paint revealing the shiny chromed armor underneath, the bike needed some love. Now, after about a year of (gentle) elbow grease and replacement parts where needed, the bike hasn't transformed to a new one, and it never should. <br /><br />Instead, it's again a ready-to-ride bike attached with fond memories from my wife's childhood. It's a bike that has survived three decades of triathlon/endurance/commuting usage and has the "scars" to prove it. And boy, it's still a bliss to blast through some smooth winding roads with that thing. I do that only occasionally and in good weather, of course, but with a smile that's combining generations.Mikko Nieminenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14334186500736137097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-88867556113656271092014-11-17T13:58:58.237-05:002014-11-17T13:58:58.237-05:00Beautiful. The last improvement is to ride it eno...Beautiful. The last improvement is to ride it enough to get signs of wear on the bar wrap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com