We were the country of Bike thieves, movies on Vittorio De Sica of 1948, of cyclists winning a race and on the podium confessed (who knows if it really happened) the joy for “to have arrived one“, of commentators who, in order not to shock anyone, spoke of “problems on the saddle”.
Watching and following the Giro d’Italia rIt is even difficult to follow a country unexpectedly in escape. Today the bicycle evokes a rich world: the specific Disk dher Bianchi, the most world’s ancient bicycle factory still existing, pride del made in Italy, proprietà dthe group sweatI know Cycloeurope, is a jewel with telaio of 750 grams carbon, Vittoria gra tiresfone, available in 7 sizes diverse, that costs over 12 thousand euros. Ma, thanks to the engines of e-bike, it is also a flywheel of experiential tourism that brings enthusiasts from all over the world to our streets (the Ciclovia del Sole, open todoors of Bologna, has been so successful that the entrances are limited); finally is a concentrate of technology applied.
The latest revealing episode right at Round of this year. Descent of the Godi pass, with speeds higher than 80 per hour: it wordseno Matthew Mohoric, who is also a specialist, is wrong trajectory, try to slow down, and disc brakes give such an immediate response that comes unsaddled. Dfter a somersault, land with your head on the asphalt: and is feared the worst, instead the helmet it has saveto literally life.
Safety in mind
The helmet that he saved Mohoric cbuy 179 euros e, like so many other products related to cycling, he comes from Veneto (to be precise, from Treviso); Lhe company that produces it is called Rudy Project, it was born in 1985, and today it lives happily thanks to the boom of sport outdoor that the coronavirus has not stopped and if anything relaunched.
The helmet we are talking about is curiously called Spectrum, e I know Mohoric did not become aor spectrum it is due to many factors. The weight, 240 grams, is bearable, and the lightwithza is a requirement in order not to aggravate performance. THE tests to pass before arriving on the market, including resistance to impact against a steel barrier and theanti-slip from the nape, guarantee the security. THEl rest, that is the product, is a combination of research and technology: the external part is composed of three polycarbonate shells, also chosen to guarantee ventilation; lon the inside it is made of polystyrene (98% is aria), to absorb the impact and disperse the energy without ita transmitted to the rest of the body.
Rudy Project produce helmets and glasses, but other companies have also put in head that sport is an interesting market. Selle Italia, for example: as the name implies, it’s focused on the saddles, which are just as important in cycling as other parts of the bicycle. One would say that the saddle is the cyclist’s best friend: the models that come out of Asolo they are 100% sustainable, made in Italy, subjected to antibacterial treatment. They have a forO, renamed Superflow, designed to ensure greater pressure relief from the central area of the corphan, e they have a shape waved which improves stability and comfort; finally, the padding it absorbs shocks better in all conditions.
Recycling and cyclists’ water bottles
But the Giro is pure today a program, called Ride Green, for the separate collection of waste generated by each stage, including the water bottles thrown by cyclists on the roadside: in the meantime, the gesture is prohibited and even fined, when carried out outside the spaces provided; then, Named Sport, the company that has the nutraceutical monopoly in big competitions (by now open-air laboratory to test new products), he unveiled a biodegradable bottle. Is called Hedra2Pro, should not be thrown in plastic, but in the wet: the absence of Bisphenol A, a substance normally used in the production of plastics, is declared which can also migrate into foods and its decomposition is made possible from aerobic microorganismsici that interactiscono with thessigeno.
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