How We First Met: Aldo And His Bullitt Vigorelli
A labour of love–one whole year spent building a limited edition Larry vs Harry Cinelli Bullitt Vigorelli.
Aldo offers a peek into the journey of building his dream bike, where every part and detail has been thoughtfully considered. The perfect finish reflects his care and dedication—a bike for life.
Read on for all the details.
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"Hi my name is Aldo. I’ve been a mail man on a bike for 4 years and now I work in the landscaping business. To me cycling is absolute freedom.
I entered the raffle to buy a Bullitt Vigorelli without any expectations. So it was quite a surprise when I got an email saying I was one of the lucky people. At first, I hesitated but I made up my mind and quickly bought the frame."
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"The frame arrived towards the end of 2023 and I finished the build in November. It took a lot of patience, thinking about which direction I would take with building the bike. Do I go for a belt drivetrain? And as much maintenance free as possible or do I go courier style with a simple derailleur system. After that it was all about saving up for parts.
I was already a fan of Cinelli from riding fixed gear, then there is the heritage of the brand. Watching Lucas Brunelle cross the Darién Gap or all the collaborations, like this one with Larry vs Harry.
I found inspiration from Cinelli garage, Blue Lug, Loop magazine, the Radavist and others, and picked all the parts myself.
It’s a real dream to ride, and I love the process of building, learning new things and overcoming problems. Having this idea in your head, selecting all the parts and seeing it all fit together, this gives me a much closer feeling and understanding of what I'm riding. I use it as I would use a car, for groceries, picking up friends. It basically moves my whole life."
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"The build was really smooth, except for a few small issues. I had a pair of Billy Bonker tyres but overlooked the fact that the tyre clearance in the back is only 2.0” and because it’s 26” the options for tyres and different widths are slim. So after a quick run to the bikeshop I came back with a Schwalbe marathon tyre, it was a pain to get it on the rim but eventually it worked out.
Also finding a thru axle that fitted my rear axle dimensions posed a bigger challenge than I thought. It’s a deep web of different lengths in combination with thread sizes. And finding the right combination took a little more research. The last hurdle was my stem. I swapped my original one for an Enve M7 which I got from my brother without realising it has a clamp diameter of 35mm so it wouldn’t work with my Cinelli wand bar but it was easily fixed with some spacers."
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"My dad didn’t own a car so we did everything by bike or train. He used to have an old french bakery bicycle with a big cargo rack upfront. He used to transport me in a wine crate until I outgrew it. We also did some bike tours in Belgium, he called them expeditions. Super basic bring everything you need with you on the bike and just cycle. Looking back on it I think that’s where my passion started. Back then I didn’t really understand how influential it would be. So thank you dad for going hobo with us."
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Setup
Rim 20" : Velocity cliffhanger
Rim 26" : Velocity Blunt 35
Front tyre : Schwalbe Billy Bonkers
Rear tyre : Schwalbe Marathon Plus
Front Hub: SON 28
Quick Release front: PAUL component 5 mm QR skewer
Rear Hub : Phil Wood
Thru axle rear : Wolf Tooth
Front light : SON Edelux Il
Casette: Garbaruk 11-speed 11-50T
Rear derailleur: INGRID RD1 - Legalized
Shifter : INGRID TTS- Legalized Cranks: Cane Creek eeWings
Chainring : AARN Acid contrast 110BCD 40T
Chainring bolts : Stridsland
110 BCD Spider: Atelier Medium
Bottom Bracket : White industries
Chain: KMC
Shift Cable/Housing : Jagwire
Pedals: XPEDO CXR PRO
Brakes: Hope 4v4
Stem: ENVE M7
Stem Cap: MASH SF
Riser: Cinelli Wand
Grips: OURY V2
Seatpost: Steve Potts titanium seatpost
Seatpost clamp: PAUL Component quick release seatpost collar
Saddle : Fizik Antares Versus Evo R1 Adaptive
