Comments on: Guest Article: Milano-Sanremo 2011

By: Pedale.Forchetta

Pedale.Forchetta — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:46:10 +0000

By: frank

frank — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:14:59 +0000

@Rob, @Pedale.Forchetta We're on it like April rain in Seattle. Stay tuned.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:54:46 +0000

Pedale.Forchetta: @Rob I do not have planned anything yet but as I said: nothing ventured - nothing gained. Some ideas will come...

To bad there is no awesome dutch guy we could get to make a plan???

By: Gianni

Gianni — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:47:20 +0000

Very well done, to be in a team car for Milan-San Remo with a good eye, a camera, and a good heart, you have done us all proud. This is a post I will revisit when I need a cycling “dose”. FAS and Androni Giocattoli were wise to pick you as photographer as you really did an excellent job of capturing M-SR as more than just a blur or racers. Bravo.

By: Minion

Minion — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:14:57 +0000

Pedale.Forchetta: Souleur! How right you are... @minion Ah! You are right it's Pedal and Fork, sport and life, it was the name of a very, very old Italian cycling club. @All Really thank you.

Awesome, that's even cooler. While I found my false assumption amusing that little bit of information has made my day.

By: Pedale.Forchetta

Pedale.Forchetta — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:22:20 +0000

@Rob I do not have planned anything yet but as I said: nothing ventured - nothing gained. Some ideas will come...

By: Pedale.Forchetta

Pedale.Forchetta — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:17:04 +0000

Ciao Cyclops,
Have a look here:
http://store.gagedesoto.com/
thank you!

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:30:09 +0000

@Pedale.Forchetta Where did you get that bitchin' Duracci T-shirt? I want one.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:57:58 +0000

Pedale thank you, it is a little feeling of being there. What are your summer plans?? Maybe the V should commission you?

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:51:15 +0000

Great photos & great story! I’m kind of jealous, but really just thrilled that a fellow Velominati was lucky enough to have such an experience.

My favorite photo is of the couple waiting for the race, their doggie dog almost as eager as they are for the riders to come along.

The one of E.G. Larsson’s guns is also awesome, though his tattoo detracts a bit from the purity of Big Ring Legs in black & white.

I don’t know what I’d do if I were this close to the PROS; they are like ghosts to me, for no palpable, breathing person can be that fast on a bicycle.

Thanks again, Pedale! Pedal & Fork, simple and wonderful.

By: G'phant

G'phant — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:30:21 +0000

@il ciclista medio First ride last Sunday. Went ok - can't really climb as can't pull on bars at all (as well as being fat), and was a bit painful even on flat so wouldn't want to do it for more than a couple of hours. But was great just being able to ride again. And pain is relative. Looking at photo #8 reminds me I got off lightly.

By: Oli Brooke-White

Oli Brooke-White — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:47:47 +0000

Very cool, Pedale.Forchetta! Thanks!

By: il ciclista medio

il ciclista medio — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:37:00 +0000

@G'phant BTW how's the injury? Back on the bike by now?

By: G'phant

G'phant — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:57:52 +0000

Bellissimo. Mi piacionno molto. Grazie mille.

By: il ciclista medio

il ciclista medio — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:30:20 +0000

Pedale.Forchetta

Thankyou for the photo’s and the post. Both are very cool and makes me just a bit envious of the opportunity that was given to you.

Pedal and fork, sport and life, it all makes sense now. A passion for both; living both passions – una bella vita

By: RedRanger

RedRanger — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:59:35 +0000

I love number 13. it brings to mind classic photos from the early days of cycling.

By: RedRanger

RedRanger — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:48:06 +0000

can we say “living the life”?

By: mcsqueak

mcsqueak — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:22:17 +0000

“Pedal and fork”, I love it. On the days I ride those seem to be the two most important things.

But you should add one word, which should have equal standing: birra!

By: Pedale.Forchetta

Pedale.Forchetta — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:56:55 +0000

Souleur! How right you are... @minion Ah! You are right it's Pedal and Fork, sport and life, it was the name of a very, very old Italian cycling club. @All Really thank you.

By: Marko

Marko — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:38:43 +0000

Thank you Pedale.Forchetta for sharing these photos and your story with us. It’s this type of thing that really adds to this community. You taking real anatomy of a photo pics and sharing your stories with us all brings us all closer to the action. Grazie!

By: Dan O

Dan O — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:20:19 +0000

Fantastic! Great pictures.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:04:29 +0000

Wow, I love that final line – everyone out for the race was a beautiful person. Wonderful!

By: Jamin

Jamin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:59:31 +0000

What a tremendous day you must have had. I’m a big fan of pic #7. It’s just chockers full of awesomeness!

By: mcsqueak

mcsqueak — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:48:04 +0000

Pedale.Forchetta, I am impressed with the goal you set for yourself and the fact that it was achieved one year later. The great photos are just icing on the cake. Non c’Ã¨ male!

By: minion

minion — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:56:11 +0000

Awesome, thanks Pedale! I know this is showing my ignorance, but what does Forchetta translate to in English? From my brief expereince with Latin, the old kind, I remember fortis is the root for most words meaning brave, and I’m probably getting them confused, but so far I’ve been interpreting it as pedal bravely or pedal with courage.
(blushes) thanks to Wiki it appears Forchetta means fork, especially a piece of cutlery, so…pedals and food?

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:19:53 +0000

Thanks for the article and photos, Pedale!

Awesomeness! This place just gets better & better all the time. We might all have a cycling-based problem, but we have a good time with it & get to read such incredible reports from the Fellow Followers.

I want…the red pill…

By: Unica

Unica — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:14:00 +0000

Fantastic – it must have been a great day!

And photo no. 8 – Ouch.

By: Souleur

Souleur — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:00:28 +0000

perhaps this is what your feeling here, but the thoughts are so brief…there must be more.

i read an essay in freshman composition in 88′, the jist is, there are 3 levels of appreciation as a writer.
the first, is a very base level of involvement, and it actually enables the writer to write w/good detail, objective.
the second, involves the writer on a certian level, w/feelings involved, but not such that they cannot divide it and remain somewhat objective, and when employed, one can write very well.
then there is the third, writing about passions, something so important that every detail is soooo meaningful, the writer cannot put into words what has been lived or experienced.

i suppose that may be what happened in MSR for you
and that is wonderful

By: brett

brett — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:59:51 +0000

Grazie Pedale! It must have been an amazing day for you, one that will stay with you forever. Great photographs, thanks for sharing with us.

By: CanuckChuck

CanuckChuck — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:58:04 +0000

Very cool indeed.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:50:00 +0000

You know, it’s when I read articles like this and ponder the “ins” that the Velominati have that I think Frank might not be as crazy as I thought when he speaks of “World Domination”.

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:33:33 +0000

Stunning! And what @Cyclops said. Thanks very much!!

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:13:41 +0000

I am so jealous!