Dario Pegoretti

Remembering Dario Pegoretti

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I met the Brothers’ Pegoretti years ago.  It was Milano in the early 90’s. I vaguely recall a classical guitarist noodling away in their display booth at the expo. I was really drawn to their stand, made of flat 10/10 panels of acciaio, the stuff that the Pegoretti’s know best. Bikes, music, animated Italians discussing … Read more

NAHBS – 2011, Part 3

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Welcome to the party..premium beer courtesy of Sean at Vertigo Cycles. Here’s a custom Pegoretti, note the new carbon fork on these frames. These were developed in-house by Dario to exceed the standards of torsional stiffness found on typical carbon forks. Dario explains that today’s carbon forks are very rigid longitudinally, but their weakness comes … Read more