Fixed in Italy

Any fixed gear ss shops in Italy? I'm heading down to Rome this summer for a few months and wondered. Also, does anyone know what Fixed wheel bikes are called in Italian - or French for that matter?
speed is velocita'.
"una velocita bicicletta": is my attempt.
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twigdip

bicicletta da pista

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im sure itll still be confusing to your average 'civilian'

Imagine some italian bloke walking about town shouting 'track bike'

Go about finding a bike shop first, then ask them.

If you have internet access (as it seems) make the most of the many translation possibilities and find some velodromes etc..

the velodrome in rome is rottening, completely abandoned...
http://www.bbike.it/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=129
this is the website of the only shop that knows what a fixed gear used on the road means...
but if you have some time the best thing to do is to go around the old cycling shops around town and ask for track frames (telai da pista) there are cellars full of track stuff around..just forgot there from the 80s...
if you are lucky enough to find some stuff you will get it for really cheap...like frame a with good tubing for 200-250 euros...

good luck!

oh contact also the guy of this website:

http://www.movimentofisso.it/
he should be from rome...

Big Daddy Wayne went to Italy and came back with photos of racks full of trac Colnago's. Don't know where it was though.

I'm about to go to Genoa for 10 days, will I have any luck with shopping there

In genova there have never been a tradition of track cycling but might happen to find something.. is not a big city... have a look in the shops.
in my hometown one of the best places I found was like this:

the guy running the shop was a frame builder in the 80s and he still has a lot more frames and stuff than what you can see in the pictures... he also raced keirin for a few seasons in the Japanese foreigner league ad used to win quite a lot...

anyway, in the last picture there is a fluo yellow frame.. it's now my frame, nice columbus tubing, got it for 200 euros, campagnolo headset, cranks, bb, aeropost, and turbo saddle included...amazing!

oh, about the last picture...
slack chain...

Nice post pepperoni

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Oh the wit!

Nice post pepperoni

+1

That's the sort of place certain London bike shops have wet dreams about, then if they find one their haul will be sold on with 500% mark up. That's business I guess. Seems like a holiday and a scout about could be the way to go.

In genova there have never been a tradition of track cycling but might happen to find something.. is not a big city... have a look in the shops.

Thanks for that, I'll have a look around.

as far as I know is what BLB was doing with their "van tours" around the continent...
The first time I got in the shop I was quite in shock about the price they were offering stuff that my lbs would hide in the cellar...
but yeah, gues it's business mate (to read like "what do you expect, this is brick lane mate"..)
in the pictures above, confused in the general mess, there are some amazing experimental frames, like thin double top tubes and downtubes or early carbon fiber frames made using carbon fiber tubing glued to steel lugs...

about genova here is the list of bs:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-genova
most of them will probably be most on MTBs due to the hilly nature of the land and the nice freeriding areas around...but you never know!
oh, the list of rome is here:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-roma

if you need any translation or anything pm me!

ooops...
just an update received from a friend in rome...
the velodrome is not rottening anymore...
it simply does not exists any longer:

ooops...
just an update received from a friend in rome...
the velodrome is not rottening anymore...
it simply does not exists any longer:

whats that there, is it on fire/getting demolished?

are the controlled explosions to demolish it, 2 or 3 days ago... ready to build some new estates :-((
the velodrome was built for the olympics in rome, i think in 62 and was an outdoor wooden track... madness even in the kind italian weather!

sad.

is there a working drome in Rome at all?!

noooo!!!!!

I was going to make that a stop off on a jaunt over there late Sept.

**Bassano del Grappa (VI) Vel. Rino Mercante
400
resina e cemento
****Padova
Vel. Monti
329,60
cemento
****Palermo
Vel. Paolo Borsellino
400
resina e cemento
****Forlí
Vel. Glauco Servadei
400
resina e cemento
****Pordenone
Vel. Ottavio Bottecchia
400
cemento
****Lanciano (CH)
Vel. A. Fantini
400
cemento
****San Francesco al Campo (TO)
Vel. Francone
400
resina e cemento
****Genova
Stadio Carlini
450
cemento
****Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC)
Vel. G. Pacciarelli
394
cemento
****Busto Garolfo (MI)
Vel. Comunale
380
resina e cemento
****Ferrara
Vel. Fausto Coppi
333
cemento
****Varese
Vel. L. Ossola
446
cemento
****Dalmine (BG)
Vel. Comunale
374
cemento
****San Vincenzo (LI)
Vel. E. Solvay
333
resina e cemento
****Avezzano (AQ)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Crema
Vel. P. Baffi
329
cemento
****Porto Viro (RO)
Vel. Dei Pini
333
cemento
****Barletta
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Quartu S. Elena (CA)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Portogruaro (VE)
Vel. Mecchia
340
cemento
****Ascoli Piceno
Vel. Comunale
333
asfalto
****Mantova
Vel. L. Guerra
449
cemento
****Pescantina (VR)
**Vel. San Lorenzo
340
cemento
**Cento (FE)
Vel. Ardizzoni
396
cemento
****Forano (RI)
Vel. Comunale
250
cemento
****Napoli
Vel. Arenaccia
595
cemento
****Mori (TN)
Vel. Comunale
500
asfalto
****Noto (SI)
Vel. Comunale
345
cemento
****Castelgomberto (VI)
Vel. Mainetti
287
asfalto
****Pesaro
Vel. Comunale
507
cemento
****Sossano (VI)
Vel. Comunale
421
asfalto
****Treville (AL)
Vel. Comunale
420
asfalto
****San Giovanni al Natisone (UD)
**Vel. Comunale
400
cemento
**Andora (SV)
**da inaugurare
190
cemento
**Torino
Vel. Fausto Coppi
391
cemento
****Firenze
Vel. Cascine
333
resina e cemento
****Cavezzo (MO)
Vel. Nino Borsari
373
cemento
****Molinella (BO)
Vel. Comunale
433
asfalto
****Fornacette (PI)
Vel. Fausto Coppi
300
cemento
****Montechiarugolo (PR)
Vel. Comunale
400
cemento
****Civitavecchia (RM)
Vel. Comunale
465
cemento
****Sestu (CA)
Vel. A. Picciau
203
cemento
****L’Aquila
Vel. Comunale
450
cemento
****Marcianise (CE)
Vel. Comunale
285
cemento
****Chianciano Terme (SI)
Vel. Comunale
350
cemento
****Pontecorvo (FR)
Vel. Comunale
333
cemento
****Oppido Lucano (PT)
**Vel. Comunale
250
cemento

this is the full list of the velodromes in Italy listed by city, track name, track length and material (cemento=concrete, asfalto=tarmac, resina = resyn)
it's not really updated, a few might not be accessible...but, sorry, no velodromes in Roma...

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velodrome in forli - the old giffers there were fantastic, we popped in just to have a look and they showed us the track, had a chat to the italian junior track champ and they gave us a club pennant

nice colnago collection ;0

all colnagos and pinarellos, their bog standard hire and training bikes - should have asked if he wanted to sell one :^]

as far as I know is what BLB was doing with their "van tours" around the continent...
The first time I got in the shop I was quite in shock about the price they were offering stuff that my lbs would hide in the cellar...
but yeah, gues it's business mate (to read like "what do you expect, this is brick lane mate"..)
in the pictures above, confused in the general mess, there are some amazing experimental frames, like thin double top tubes and downtubes or early carbon fiber frames made using carbon fiber tubing glued to steel lugs...

about genova here is the list of bs:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-genova
most of them will probably be most on MTBs due to the hilly nature of the land and the nice freeriding areas around...but you never know!
oh, the list of rome is here:
http://www.paginegialle.it/pgol/4-biciclette/3-roma

if you need any translation or anything pm me!

Thanks again, much appreciated and I will make contact if i need help