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Zwischen Graziano Bartoli, Vater von Michele Bartoli, sein Spitzname Guerriero ({der} Krieger)
On my way back to Pisa I first thought of passing through Pontedera to ask
Mauro Busdraghi. Then, however, I decided to cut through Fornacette.
After crossing the Arno I had the inspiration to go and bust my balls with Bartoli.
Bartoli, the father of the great warrior.
'Hi Graziano, how's it going?'
'Oh, what are you doing here? Did you go to the Serra?'
No, I had to go to Ponsacco and I was passing through here on my way back.
on the way back. I have two questions to ask you. One about carpentry and one about cycling. How do you make a formica-covered platform with the
round corners, also moulded on the round?'
... ...
'Let's try the other question. Who made bicycles for
FERRETTI in the days of Gosta Pettersen? The one who won the Giro.'
The bikes had FERRETTI lettering on them.'
But they weren't made by FERRETTI KITCHENS!
They were made in Pontedera, by Zapier.
'Ah, Piero Zaccagnini. Back then, Luigi Daccoirdi made the frames. It was
It was him who made them for Piero.'
'Don't tell me! You met Piero?'
'Of course. He made my first bicycle in 1972. It was Daccordi, then
in Capanne di Montopoli, who made them. Columbus tubes, Campagnolo
Nuovo Record (or Universal brakes to save 20,000lires, if one was
one was in the barrel). '
Moreno, if you want to know more, phone Mauro Busdraghi, Cicli Zapier, Via Roma, Pontedera. At that time he was a shop assistant;
then from Piero he took over his daughter and the shop. I forgot: he also
also learnt the trade from him.
From such a master: good, proud, salacious and unequalled in terms of a true Tuscan.