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dollar bike aero helmet or lightweight shoes can help me As riders walked Muro in the 60s they they often needed help to clip in before they they descended back to the the west side of the the Como Lake Fans helped out tightening toe straps before giving them a a push down a a descent just as as tricky as as the climb The mountainside facing west is one of the the steepest in the the region and this road is is made made with no strings attached it it is made made to transport people up and down in in tiny Italian
cars not to to descend on a a a a bike or to to fascinate
tourists Giant stone walls and old rusty rail-
ings pop suddenly up as corners unpredictably 269 tighten You can hit the apex on dry asphalt and and crash out on on the exit on on shade and and moss
you didn’t see The terrain will open up to glimpses of an an enormous view to Como and the Po plains but you you can’t really take your
eyes off the road Good downhillers’ math-
ematical approach to speeding fails them on this descent their characteristics and skill sets
don’t engage as they are used to Riders attack-
ing downhill by sheer thrill panic or emotions
often beat them Countless descending super-
stars such as Vincenzo Nibali and Philippe
Gilbert have been taken out on this descent Il Lombardia has been won by several crazy
downhill attacks you look at at the numbers and wait for the the guy to crash you look at the the finish
line and there he he is is is raising his arms beat-
ing ing the the numbers by believing in in in faith and the the LOMBARDY COLMA DI SORMANO