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Welcome, @Wimpawipa ! Nice gift! With a few changes that would be eligible for L'Eroica. Add non-aero brake levers, downtube shifters and pedals with toe clips and Bob's your uncle.

I certainly thought so. And in a strange way it is also very beautiful.

Chiesa di San Pietro in Vicoli. I'd read about the Italian risorgimento and the battle of Solferino before, but wasn't prepared for this. There was no room to decently bury the thousands of soldiers who died during and after the battle, so their remains were stored in this converted church...

Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Nova in Cavriana, Lombardy:

Basilica di San Pietro Apostolo in Goito, Lombardy:

Church in Badesssa, near Siena, which' shape was rather difficult to capture on a photograph:

Mrs non-fixie and I just came back from two weeks of rigorous bicycle testing in Italy. Hard but necessary work. After loading a quartet of machines into and onto the team vehicle ... ... we proceeded via German Autobahns and Austrian Alpine passes towards the testing grounds near Lago di...

Chiesa di Santa Maria in Monteriggione, Tuscany. One of the many churches along the Via Francigena:

Ha! :) No, really. I like the Campag-esque thumb buttons, that they're 7-speed and that they're cheap. A cheap & cheerful solution for brifterising an old 7-speed bike.

My Union Rini Wagtmans against the Basilica di Sant'Andrea in Mantova. It's a big 'un.

Very nice. I have a soft spot for those Sora brifters. I prefer them over the other Shimano offerings of that period.

Church of the archangel Michael in Monzambano:

Yes.

Oh, yes. Lampredotto FTW!

That's gotta count for something. ☺️ I think. :confused: Anyway, both bikes have been signed off by mrs non-fixie and she will be taking them with her to Italy for a bit of cycling. A week or so in the Lago di Garda area with the Gitane and then on to Tuscany for L'Eroica with the Cornelo. 🇮🇹🍷

Thank you. I believe the cycle to be from about 1980, so the skewers should safely pass the scrutineers. The MKS pedals were a nice swap meet buy. Even nicer when I found out later they are actually the Sylvan Touring Next model: They came with these half cages and flip tabs, which I have...

That would be nice, methinks. Revell Rapide vintage bike

Evolving tastes, absolutely. The toe clips may prove to be too much of a stretch, though. We'll see. At least I was allowed to put them on for her to try. She came around to liking down tube shifters, so who knows?

About ten years ago, I found a "nice bike" for mrs non-fixie. Reynolds 531 sports frame, from a brand that is well-respected locally. As bought: As I built it up for a vacation in 2016: After that trip my attention shifted to other bikes and it got put away in a dark corner of the attic...

I managed to remove it just in time, before anyone saw it ... 😌