What is my freedom worth? “The length of road that I can imagine before me with the wind in my face”.

Gaiole in Chianti, 3 October 2021. Time 5:30. Old bikes creak their stories. Everyone tries the brakes as if to say: “everything will be fine”.

Look at any photo of L’Eroica and you will find a hill. Well, that’s what you call them before you try to climb them. At L’Eroica, it is rare to find yourself stuck to the wheel of the rider in front of you; such things happen in races.

It was love at first sight between Eroica and ABUS, both leaders and promoters of precious values.

“The beauty of fatigue and the thrill of conquest”: Eroica’s motto is so powerful and so topical in these terrible times, during which our lives have been turned upside down.