Dario Pegoretti Bikes

Dario Pegoretti bikes exist in a world of their own. A world of high-performance steel worked and painted by hand, brought to the road in the timeless Italian tradition of the ‘Bottega’, of Master and Apprentice, of unyielding standards of perfection, joyful, chaotic creativity, and a confidence to do things its own way.

Much ink has been spilled about the work of this storied Veronese marque and its iconoclastic founder, Dario Pegoretti. Many wax lyrical about its ‘Ciavete’ paint scheme, an abstract artistic style equally inspired by the client and the moment and a total surprise until you unbox your frame. Others, its workshop, an old train yard repurposed as a studio, and the amalgamation of art, music, mad-cap ideas and, yes, food and wine that propels its team to create such metal wonders as the Responsorium, Round, Marcelo and, most recently, the Duende Rock & Roll.