A new 9-part video series from Italian bike maker Officina Battaglin’s offers a detailed peek into their workshop and how the company developed over time. Founder & 1981 Giro-Vuelta winner Giovanni Battaglin takes you inside their production shop in northern Italy to see the techniques Battaglin uses to craft modern, meticulously precise steel road bikes…
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His uniform really says ‘hard working man of the people’ to me.
“Giovanni’s son Alex who manages the brand now……” Maybe he is partially retired, hmmm? He can dress anyway he wants – he’s earned it.
yeah hard working man done good. Deserved
If there’s one thing that’s super duper important, it’s judging someone by how they dress.
…uniform….?????????????????????????????????????
That’s some Italian flare there. The guys a legend, he can dress as he chooses.
I remember a long time ago, in my local shop, there used to be a Battaglin frame, painted in red, white and blue, stars and strips, hanging up on the wall with all the other frames, that I just lusted for.
he sold me my 1st frame, it was 1984, columbus aelle tubing, now i ride Giant Carbon bikes
It would be nice if I could expand the video to full screen…..
There’s 3 icons in the lower right of the video, volume, settings, and full screen… It can’t be any more obvious.
So how do a hard working man dress? I’ve known Giovanni for 42 years now and both as a rider and as a constructor he has always worked very hard. Always at the office or/and in the production.
They make some really gorgeous bikes. I suggest checkout out their website.
Giovanni Battaglin dressed for the interview/video, in my opinion it is a sign of respect for the customers and viewers of the video. Giovanni has Always been a hard worker and a Grande Campione