Pegoretti Frames and Complete Bicycles
Wait times for stock sizings are 6 to 7 months and 12 months for custom orders. Call 435-259-6419 for colors and sizings.
We are happy to offer this cult classic. Dario Pegorini, uh, um, . . . Pegoretti frames are raced (Tom Boonen won the Tour De France green jersey in 2007 on a Marcelo with Specialized logos) and collected by investors who appreciate Dario's artistic talents. If you want to scare your friends on their carbon fiber freakouts, show up on a Pegoretti and take them into fast turns or leave them in a sprint. Steel has advantages. A Pegoretti frame is where those advantages get a fancy paint job.
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Dario Pegoretti began as an apprentice to Luigino Milani of Verona where he helped produce frames for legendary road racers like Roche, Battaglin, Chiappucci, Indurain, Tafi, Cipollini, Ghiroto, Fondriest, and many others. Dario worked in the Milani shop until he moved to his own one-room shop near Trento in 1999. Dario was one of the first to use modern tig welding to produce state-of-the-art steel frames. With two assistants Pegoretti fabricates about 600 frames per year - all by hand. Dario's hand-painted finishes turn each Pegoretti frame into an individual work of art.
Pegoretti tops our list of frames, more than worthy of a top notch build by Dreamride owner, Lee Bridgers. Call Lee at Dreamride if you are interested in a Pegoretti frame meticulously built with magic and humor.
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WHEEL SUBSITUTIONS
FACTORY PRE-BUILT WHEELSETS IN CLINCHER OR TUBULAR ARE OFFERED WITH FRAME OR COMPLETE BIKE PURCHASE. The best choice for a Pegoretti is a handbuilt wheelset with Campy Record hubs, but if you are looking for a Pegoretti with a wheelset from Zipp, Mavic, Campagnolo, Shimano, Bontrager, Fulcrum, FSA or Easton, we offer many factory-built options as part of a bike we build, or in addition to a frame-only purchase. Choose ceramic bearings, aero carbon sets, and various spoke configurations. |
Lee Bridgers builds up Pegorettis with an artist's touch. He helps you get to a level of exotic beauty and performance appropriate to your frame choice, riding style and budget. It is all about perfect fit and enhancing the classic beauty of a Pegoretti frame. Colors and patterns in carbon, leather, vinyl, paint and cork are chosen to match and enhance the frame's paint design. A complete Campy group with matching wheelset is the traditional road to take with a top notch Italian frame. This works best for the continued value of your Pegoretti as a collectors bike in the future. We will use Shimano or SRAM components if you insist, but Lee will try to talk you into Campy, as Dario would. Italian cockpit components, if they match the paint scheme, as primary choices, but cosmetic balance sometimes demands more exotic or even more practical choices. Dreamride Edition wheelsets specifically for Pegoretti frames are custom built for client weight and riding style, constructed from Mavic's best road rims, DT spokes and Campagnolo Record hubs (or color-matched sets of Tune, Chris King, Industry Nine, Phil Wood, depending on the drivetrain system. The best way to proceed is to allow Lee free reign over parts choices after the initial consultation. Lee takes his time to build up each bikef or each client. This begins with careful prepping of the steel frame. Lee considers each and every part and its effect on the complete bike's aesthetics, sometimes ordering several components before choosing just the right one for the job. He meticulously constructs a true one-of-a-kind dream bike just for you--taking into consideration your personality and dreams.
Email or call toll free 1-888-MOABUTAH to order or for info for your specific size and model's availability. While Pegoretti frames are measured center to center, frames are designed with an extended headtube and longer top tube to effectively increase rigidity of larger sizes. As a result of this simple and unique design feature, you will ride a smaller sized Pegoretti when combined to other road bike frames. Larger frame sizes are of a sloping top tube compact design to further increase acceleration response.
"The more I ride it, the more I love it. I'm officially no longer held back by my equipment. I'm going to go ride it right now. This bike really makes me feel that the sky's the limit." ~ Nate Neufeld
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This is the most popular Pegoretti frame, our top road frame at Dreamride. Marcelo is suitable for a wide range of riders and uses. Constructed from oversized
Pegoretti Marcelo Dreamride Edition
Wild Women ~ This is a woman-specific frame of specially drawn and thinned heat treated Columbus Spirit cromoly tubing for supreme comfort and compliance. With 650c wheels this is a frame that caters to a range of needs of female riders, from hardcore racing to century rides. Custom builds only! You can get a Wild Women frame based on any of the frames listed here, so the cromo version is just a jumping point. Design your own special paint scheme for $200 additional. Expect at least 4 months for delivery. Pegoretti Wild Women frame & fork: $CALL
"The Marcelo is a very special bike. Just inspires so much confidence. I have taken some corners that I would not dare do on any other bike I own. It just speaks to me, "Come on,... we can do this!" And the tubing is almost miraculous, in its ability to be stiff enough to take a stomping up a hill and also mute the road buzz to a massage level. I am SO thankful that you made me get this frame. I would not have known otherwise that it is a very different ride than the Duende." ~ Eric Anderson
Columbus "Spirit" tubing, the Marcelo is strong, yet vertically compliant, with hand cut stainless steel rear dropouts and custom drawn rear stays. Comes with an Edge fork. Weight is 3.8 lbs in 54cm. ~ Pegoretti Marcelo frame & fork: $3950
Dreamride Edition Pegoretti Marcelo bikes feature Campy parts that suit the frame's Italian roots and your budget. Degrees of light weight and cost are the only issue. Performance and outrageous beauty are guaranteed at all levels. Based on careful combination of parts from the Campy Athena, Chorus, Record and Super Record grouppos, each bike receives attention to the smallest color and texture details and is color-keyed for visual effect. It is best to state your budget limits and special requests from the onset of the process. Wheels, stem, post and bars selected for Pegoretti frames are based on your riding style and weight and graphic compatibility. There is no limit to customization of parts to suit the build. Expect beauty when you open the box or come to Moab to pick up your new ride. Each Dreamride Edition Marcelo is personally built by company owner, Lee Bridgers. The Marcelo is certainly our favorite Pegoretti frame, extremely versatile, allowing us to build it up for recreation or racing. In 2010 the color scheme is Theolonius, a feast of black lines, metaphors for notes on the scale and the piano keyboard with subtle color touches on a white base.
Responsorium is built of stainless steel, the most supple Pegoretti frame. No rust. Paint is either the "wild" (Ciavete) or the "wooly" (Catch the Spider). Catch the Spider is stock. Dario insists that no two Ciavete paint jobs be the same. The only real options for Ciavete are a specific base color request or a request for no foul language on the frame. One client was asked what he wanted on the top tube, the client replied, "I don't give a fuck," so when he got the bike "I don't give a fuck" was on the top tube. The story brings tears to my eyes! Catch the Spider is pictured above. Ciavete is pictured to the right and elsewhere on this page. We recommend jumping on the chance to own a Responsorium ASAP because frame runs are limited and mostly reserved before frames are complete. Expect to wait two years, depending on when you place the order. The Columbus XCr stainless tubing is being extruded souly for Pegoretti and runs are short and rare. Fork is Edge full carbon, or you can order a steel custom fork to match the frame for $595. Tubing diameters are identical to the Marcelo except chainstays are 2mm less stout. Butted sections are longer and tubing walls thinner, creating an amazingly comfortable ride for riders under 180 pounds. Sorry, the Responsorium is not for big boys! Place your order now. The sooner you get in line the sooner you will have your bike. ~ Pegoretti Responsorium frame and fork: $4950 with Catch the Spider paint. $5690 with Ciavete paint.
Luigino Special Edition frames are beautifully lugged and available by special order only (you must be patient!--two years until delivery). Columbus Nivacrom EL-OS tubing on frame and fork. Handcut investment cast lugs and commemorative double layer fork crown reminiscent of steel frames of the '50s and '60s. The classic two color paint scheme comes in any Pegoretti colors you desire. Lee and Dario see to your perfect custom fit. As always, components must suit the mood and Luigino components must be retro and, as a result, somewhat exotic and hard to find. Since this is a chrome steel frame, prep for this model requires that machine tools used for chasing and facing be replaced or re-sharpened, and careful attention be paid to paint removal in areas where components meet the paint surface. As a result of the added attention this frame must receive to insure its safety during construction, labor costs are triple compared to other Pegoretti frames. Steerer tube is 1" threadless. Frame weight is 4.5 lbs for a 54cm. This is the frame that got us interested in Pegoretti from the start, a classic that will increase in value over the years. It is the future of the past. ~ Pegoretti Luigino SE-5 frameset: $4500
Custom Track frames can be fabricated based on the Duende, Love #3 or Marcelo tubesets (same pricing). Forks may be double plate or box crown (Dario's mood). Since track frames are custom orders many paint schemes are available from simple, elegant classic to wild "Ciavete" (Italian for "fuck off") freeform freehand. The example above was modified to include a singlespeed freewheel and Phil Wood high flange hubs.
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Of all the saddle/tape combos we offer the leather-top Brooks Swallow Ti-railed saddle and matching perforated leather handlebar wrap are tops in quality and classic beauty, a perfect choice for a Pegoretti Luigino and welcome option for any high end road bike. It is not just about looks. This is the most comfortable product to put on the bike in places where flesh meets machinery.
