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kbell-set

Apr5

The Return of the Coppi

kbell-setIt all started in 2011.

DSCN1109Jesse had come to visit me in England and we wanted to do something epic. So we bought some road bikes for a day and adventures ensured. 

Needless to say, when I returned, I bought a vintage Coppi which is an Italian bike with a European brake system. Love at first sight. I was hooked.

Ready to GO!

And I am still talking about the bike…

This past week, I finally invested in something that will be a game changer for my cycling.

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Cycling shoes and clip on pedals for my bike.

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw I posted this yesterday:

Screen Shot 2013-04-04 at 4.46.57 PMI took my bike to Ziggys in Kitchener and was beyond impressed with the service. I have tried a number of cycling shops in the region and this was by far the best experience I have had.

One of the employees set me up to check the alignment of my pedals and shoes and double checked that I was cycling with proper form and not incorrectly putting pressure on my soft tissue.

I have taken this bike to many places and I know it is a treasure. Most of them cast it aside because it is vintage, but the salesman asked me where I found a Coppi. I told him and he said that if it was the correct size, he would be offering to buy it. This bike is a gem and I am so excited to spend another season bombing around the back country roads in Perth County!

At my office, we are doing challenges for Earth Day and writing a blog post on them for our website. I have chosen the challenge of biking to work from home which is about 40 km one way. I will be sure to let you know how that one goes!

Speaking of which, this is my latest piece on my Green Athlete column for the Journal. Feel free to weigh in!

Have any of you bikers taken your bikes for a tune up now that the weather is (finally) nice?

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Filed Under: LifestyleTagged With: Alternatives Journal, Coppi, Earth Day, environment, fitfluential, Fitness Friday, ZiggysApril 5, 2013

Comments

  1. teenieyogini says

    April 5, 2013 at 5:44 am

    I took my T12 (www.trikke.com) in, and I’ve been getting race forms in the mail for about a few weeks now! By the end of the month I’ll be living up in town and plan to start riding to work!

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      April 5, 2013 at 8:18 am

      Wow! What a wild machine. I cannot wait to hear about your adventures!

      Reply
  2. kaitlyngerber says

    April 5, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    I vowed to hang up my keys this summer and bike as much as possible. Hoping to do the The Kissing Bridge trail a couple times as well; it’s supposed to be a good ride and Guelph has a Works of its own so there would be the expectation of a burger at the end of the trail…I call that motivation.

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      April 6, 2013 at 5:04 pm

      I will join you 100% on a bike ride. Sounds like a perfect summer Saturday afternoon!

      Reply
      • kaitlyngerber says

        April 6, 2013 at 11:03 pm

        Excellent! It’s gonna happen!

        Reply

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