Curious as to what I am taking to Italy? Well this month's Rivendell Reader has an article on page 34 and Rivendell is selling decals for bikes that say "Resurrectio" Loosely translated from Latin, it means "piece of sh*t, with the right parts so that it qualifies for L'Erioca and if its gets trashed I won't care".
It started (ended?) life as a frame that Steve Willis of The Bike Stand gave me after a customer donated the frame. It has a Raleigh fork. Threw some Campy standard reach brakes on it, Zeus seat post, French stem & Bars, Coloral water bottles, heavy duty Phil Wood touring hubs with a 28T Campy freewheel. It looks the part anyway. I know it also looks like crap but if it gets trashed or lost, it won't ruin my vacation at L'Eroica.
Anyway, it rides well and I won't mind if I ride it in the rain.
Oh yes, the link
http://www.wooljersey.com/
Mike Schmidt
Stirling, NJ