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Da pigra che ero l’entusiasmo per le due ruote di Alessandro mi ha contagiato ed abbiamo trasmesso la nostra passione ai figli. Tutto è iniziato usandola per gli spostamenti quotidiani dall’andare a trovare i nonni, a fare la spesa, per andare a messa eccetera. Ho notato subito dei benefici per tutta la famiglia nell’utilizzarla tutti i giorni:

COMBATTE L’OBESITA’ E SVILUPPA I MUSCOLI DELLE GAMBE
Mentre Axel è sempre stato un tipo sportivo Erran adora stare sul divano e giocare con i videogiochi. Usare la bicicletta anche per i più piccoli spostamenti ha fatto si che facesse comunque del movimento e adesso pedala ben volentieri anche per tragitti più lunghi. Anch’io ho notato un netto miglioramento nella muscolatura delle gambe e ho perso più di qualche chilo.

ECONOMICA E A ZERO EMISSIONI
Con tre figli la vita non è semplice e anche economicamente bisogna stare attenti. Non utilizzare la macchina per qualsiasi spostamento per noi ha significato un gran risparmio finale oltre alla soddisfazione di fare qualcosa, nel nostro piccolo, per l’inquinamento. La cosa più importante e che stiamo insegnando ai nostri ragazzi uno stile di vita differente nel rispetto del Pianeta e di ciò che ci circonda.

SI FANNO MOLTI AMICI
Anche se non si partecipa a gare o raduni alla fine ci si ritrova con un sacco di nuovi amici e non si sa come. La bicicletta avvicina le persone, forse perché quando si pedala si è più rilassati, si va piano e si riesce a comunicare con chi si incontra, forse è lo stile di vita. Bastano due chiacchiere scambiate in mezzo al nulla e ci si sente più vicini. Anche quando ci fermiamo a riposare i ragazzi trovano sempre qualcuno con cui scambiare informazioni o battute, i bambini poi approfittano subito per fare amicizia.
Partite facendo spostamenti brevi e poi allungate le distanze. Dotatevi delle borse a sgancio rapido per mettere la spesa così avrete il corpo libero per pedalare meglio, se ci sono usate le ciclabili altrimenti lungo la strada segnalate sempre in anticipo se dovete girare e usate le luci per farvi notare.

PERCHE’ USARLA ANCHE SE PIOVE E COME ATTREZZARSI
All’inizio anche se c’erano solo due gocce utilizzavo la macchina per gli spostamenti, file e traffico erano tremende. Con l’aiuto di Alessandro ho iniziato ad attrezzarmi ed ora non mi passa neanche l’idea di spostare l’automobile. Per iniziare dotatevi di una mantella, da Decathlon ne trovate di tutti i tipi, vi consigliamo quelle che si indossano sopra il giubbino e si agganciano al manubrio così avrete le braccia al riparo ma libere. Prendete anche dei copripantaloni con zip in modo da poterli indossare o togliere senza sfilare le scarpe, quest’ultime dovrebbero essere impermeabili o se preferite usate delle sovrascarpe in silicone che tengono anche caldo in inverno, da evitarli in estate. Come detto sopra dotatevi di borse impermeabili da agganciare al portapacchi o se usate lo zaino trovate sacche apposite per coprirli. Partecipando alle ciclostoriche Alessandro ha confermato l’utilità di usare sacchetti di plastica con chiusura ermetica, tipo quelli utilizzati per gli alimenti da congelare, per isolare completamente gli oggetti più importanti come il portafoglio e i documenti.
Piccoli trucchi che vi faciliteranno la vita e mi raccomando, iniziate un po’ alla volta per non stancarvi e vedrete dei risultati senza accorgervene, non mollate.

This summer we have another good news for lovers of bicycles and short trips. Below you will find all the indications for the bicibus that leaves from Grado and arrives in Koper passing through Monfalcone and Trieste. It will be active from 08/06 to 30/06, there are round-trip times and a phone number to book. You can plan a beautiful day to discover the Slovenian city with its medieval old town and the beautiful views of the bay. We will certainly go there too and then we will tell you about our adventure as always.
HAVE FUN

Splendid, only this can I say about this day. At nine o’clock in the morning the boys had already loaded their bikes on the bike rack and checked the backpacks we left for Chiusaforte. This time we convinced our grandparents and eight-year-old cousin to accompany us. Once at destination we rented the bicycles for us adults and left to reach Povici di Sotto. We cycled along the Alpe Adria laughing and joking, surrounded by woods and snow-capped peaks. The children were thrilled to see how many butterflies flew around them and were thrilled when we entered the tunnels or crossed the old railroad bridges. After 7 km we arrived in Povici and had a picnic playing a bit on the river to rest. The return was heavier, slightly uphill, but in the company chatting a little and stopping to admire the view we all arrived at the Chiusaforte station for the well-deserved ice cream. Not satisfied the boys wanted to continue for another kilometer until the small waterfall. The 19kg of the little guy made themselves heard, but seeing Erran and Axel excited about the tunnels we were going through, proud of pedaling more than grandma and happy to be with me he repaid everything. Moreover, not a little, Axel has never looked at his mobile phone. Mission accomplished.

Tired of the usual Easter Monday? Try to offer your friends a wonderful day in the mountains riding along the Alpe Adria cycle path. We suggest a 13 km route suitable for all ages, without too much altitude and with pauses that always give us a lot of charge. Exit the motorway at Gemona and continue on the SS13 towards Moggio. As soon as you arrive in the village, always on the main road turn into the first road on the right and you can leave the cars in a large open space. Climbed on your bicycles, you can ride right away on the Alpe Adria that retraces the old railway line. Attention on this initial stretch there are two tunnels where the light does not work from time to time, it is really dark to have light bulbs. When you cross the river to Resiutta turn right and continue for a couple of kilometers until you reach the bridge and turn right again until Povici di Sotto. Here you can stop for a picnic on the river or near the playground, if you go in the summer you will have fun diving from the rock after the bridge, the water is beautiful and frozen. When you are ready to continue return to the main cycle path and after a few meters you will find an ice cream parlor where you can stop even when you return, the ice creams are excellent. Continue for 7 km and you will reach the old Chiusaforte railway equipped with tables and deckchairs to enjoy the view, have the equipment to adjust your bicycles or if you want you can rent them here and do the reverse ride. They can equip themselves with child seats, helmets and bikes, they are open every day from spring to autumn and can provide dinner upon reservation. The number to check all availability is 0433-52344. Continue your trip for a few hundred meters and you will find the old bridge where surely your kids will want to ride. If you organize this trip later and it falls on a Monday before arriving, stop at the weekly market in Tolmezzo to take the picnic items. You absolutely have to go for the stalls of typical Austrian products (we suggest to taste the sausage and potato salad) and under the arcades you will find the food with super friendly staff who will advise you on the cheeses of the Carnic mountain pastures (against any diet if you find try the gorgonzola with walnuts).
HAVE FUN

There are only a few days to go before the caravan leaves Alessandro and the Grado’s delegation in Graz in five days. The agitation begins to be felt but the much-loved bicycles are ready , taken under the expert hands of trusted mechanic Mauro , the bicycles must be put on to start this new adventure. Below is the brochure presenting the various stages and there is a lot of useful information, especially the telephone numbers of the SAF and APT for the bus bike service which in the summer connects Grado to Trieste or to the Collio. You are advised three turns with the various kilometers and the maps of the track. The first two Axel and Erran pedal them completely but you will find more information by reading the article entitled ” Tour of Aquileia” as far as concerns and the 27km route even if we have shortened it to help families with younger children. The second article is titled ” Tour Grado-Graz” and again the 36 km circuit, also revisited but shortened a little .
GOOD READING, for any information do not hesitate to write us.

From today we will keep you informed about a project in which Alessandro participates.
The association SOGIT in collaboration with the municipality of Grado has organized a bicycle tour to reach Graz. The caravan will start on April 6 and will stop in Postumia, Ljubljana, Lasko, Maribor and will reach the capital of Styria on April 11 to promote a eco-sustainable tourism. Meanwhile Alessandro started training a little, family commitments, riding a bicycle with Erran so they also took the opportunity to be alone for a while.
The first tour that they did went around the “bissa” road as well as its many curves, on one side only wood, where you can see the roe deer, on the other only fields. Coming out of Grado, in the direction of Monfalcone, turn following the signs for Fossalon and past the visitor center of Valle Cavanata continue to the cemetery where you can park. The complete tour is 36 km long but at no time can you go back to enjoy the view and the silence. Erran has managed to cover it all as a true champion. From the cemetery he cycled to the chemical toilet in the middle of the fields and turned to the right reaching the main road and still holding the right he reached the bank that overlooks the Gulf of Trieste. Once up, it continued always to the right until the end of the cycle path and then skirting the Valle Canavata and returned to the cemetery.
Good champion and HAVE FUN