NOTE TO DARIO

Bonjour Dario! I wish you well my friend. What led me to you is my search for a nice steel high-end cycle frame from which I could built a very high-end tour cycle. Please don't take that as a "slam", for it is meant to be a compliment. Besides putting together a Pinarello Dogma FPX soon, I also wanted to compliment it with a very fine road/tour cycle that would fit me, and would be fast, and have great control -- for that nothing beats steel! Below you see my "what used to be" 1986 design cinelli Lotus Record. She was a beautiful girl, Mayla I think you say. At any rate I slamed into a steel light pole at 18-mph head on -- I was not seriously injured and was able to ride her back to the car. On my ride, before the accident, she rode like the fine 19.6 pound cycle she was, then after the crash she felt like a 45 pound out-of-shape women? I slighly buckled the frame at the downtube/headtube connection area, more on the downtube side -- the weld stayed firm of course.

Gary Foley, Grove City, Ohio U.S.A.

Dear Dario Before I heard of your frame building skills and your extraordinary paint schemes I have been listening to Jarret (but not Love #3) and Zappa (of Big Leg Emma fame). My thoughts have been with you since I heard of your disease. I wish you all the best. Because I do not yet own a Pegoretti these wishes are not entirely unselfish but I hope that you get well soon. But it's not just about the bike. It's about the ride and the journey.

Pekka Ahonen, Helsinki, Finland

Dear Dario, It was Zappa and the Great Googoolee Moogoolee that kept me inspired through chemotherapy. I do hope you will share your passion for many years. My prayers are with you. A speedy recovery!

Dan Magilavy, Kensington, NH USA

Ciao Dario, sono Massimo della Galmod Group,la mia prima MTB l'ho acquistata da te a S.Martino, consigliato da Dario Bergamini.Allora non sapevo nulla (ora forse so meno...)cosa posso dire....solo una grande speranza che tutto si risolva per il meglio.Un abbraccio.

Massimo, Mezzane di Sotto

Hello Mr. Dario I would like to tell you i am just getting into cycling I am 18 years of age. My uncle built me a bike from an older aluminum frame which i love its pretty plain, but since ive got it ive had plans to make it look really cool and actually bring out my personality, ive looked at different paint shops but my favorite so for is yours, Ive just found your work yesterday but im in love with your "METAL" frames. I believe in your work and in you and I pray now that you are going to or are all ready feeling better. Always remember that GOD is on your side and you can do anything through him God Bless Mykel Flores

Mykel Flores, Killeen, TX, U.S.A.

Get well, Dario. Your work is impressive, and we need to keep it coming. I particularly like the bike you build for Floyd Landis with the Jack Handy expressions on it, yor Big Leg Emma, GGM and Luigino models, and your respect for the classic methods of building frames. Peace out.

Philip Moore, McKinney, Texas, U.S.A.

Dario, get well soon. Our thoughts and hopes are with you.

tom k, seattle, wa

Hi Dario, I become aware of your masterfull skill of frame building a year ago, till then I was riding the all carbon frame like the rest of the world. Tell you true the carbon feel lifeless compare to all steel frames, but don't get me wrong I love my bike but I thinking on my retireing frame and one of yours is on my list, so let cut the crap. Feel good, getter better and keep building those amazing frames (with cool names as well). Tomer

Tomer Eckhous, Melbourne

Get well soon, Dario !!!

Joe K,, Honolulu

On July 31 '07, as I rode through my 50th km at 42km/hr at approx. 6.50am, I coughed. At that moment I realised something was dreadfully wrong...I had a heart attack. At 39 and very healthy by all measures, what happened? My family and friends know my passion for cycling and bikes and how it grows with the help of websites such as this. But now I feel a greater connection - even more than any crash or car accident I'd had before. Maybe it's the feeling that now it's not just I that owes cycling but now cycling owes me, too...it's an analogy of perceived bonding I rather like. Passion for cycling is now more interesting to me than the technical advancements. Hopefully you now know why I love reading about you, dream of owning your work and pray you are recovering.

George Pesutto, Melbourne, Australia