Pegoretti Bicycle Frames and Complete Bikes
A Pegoretti is the bicycle investment of a lifetime. Nowhere are you going to find a better handling road bike with the resale value of a work of fine art. Current wait times are six months for some stock frames to two years for custom orders. You must be patient to go faster in style!
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Pegoretti tops our list of frames, more than worthy of a top notch Dreamride Edition build. Each is personally sized, fabricated and painted by Dario. Each bike is built by Lee Bridgers, Dreamride co-owner and holder of three fine art degrees, including a terminal MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Have an artist build up an artist's frame for you! Call Lee at Dreamride if you are interested in a Pegoretti frame built with magic and humor.
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.
About custom orders: In 2008 we were notified by Pegoretti that custom orders will now take a minimum of one year and up to two years. This is due to the following factors; decreased availability of Columbus steel tubing, increased demand for Pegoretti frames (damn magazines), only two people in the factory to build all the frames, Dario's health, and a long list of custom paint orders with requests for complicated designs and themes. Dario's very popular freeform, one-off Ciavete paint scheme (ask us what that means when you call to order--if you are Italian you are already smiling) is $700. Track frames can be based on Duende, Love #3 or Marcelo platforms.
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WHEEL SUBSITUTIONS
FACTORY PRE-BUILT WHEELSETS IN CLINCHER OR TUBULAR ARE OFFERED WITH FRAME OR COMPLETE BIKE PURCHASE. If you are looking for a Pegoretti with a wheelsets from Zipp, Mavic, Campagnolo, Shimano, Bontrager, Fulcrum, FSA or Easton, we offer a wide range of options as part of a bike we build, or in additional to a frame-only purchase. Choose ceramic bearings, aero carbon sets, and various spoke configurations. We are especially happy to offer the full line of Zipp wheels, the most advanced high tech wheelsets available. Ask for pricing during your order. |
Kits and Grouppos for Pegoretti Frame Builds
Lee Bridgers builds up Pegorettis with an artist's touch. He helps you get to a level of exotic beauty and performance perfect for your frame choice and riding style. It is all about perfect fit and creating classic beauty and accurate rider position, starting with a Pegoretti frame that is crying out for balance and good taste. Colors and patterns in carbon and cork are chosen to match and enhance the frame's paint. If you want classic simplicity and the total Italian effect, a complete Campy group with matching wheelset is the traditional way to go with this top notch Italian frame, but we always work for continued value as a collectors bike in the future, even if we use Shimano and/or a Dreamride-built wheelset. Dreamride Edition wheelsets are custom built for client weight and riding style, constructed from Mavic's best road rims, DT spokes and color-matched Chris King (Shimano) or Tune (Campy) hubs. Lee will work within a price point, if that is your desire, but will never compromise performance or good looks. Lee takes his time to build up each bike, beginning with carefully chasing and facing bottom bracket and headtube and all threaded and contact points on the frame, considering each and every part and its effect on the complete bike's aesthetics, then meticulously constructing a true one-of-a-kind dream bike.
Pegoretti Frame Models with Retail Pricing
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.
Love #3 was designed for many pavement uses, built from Scandium matrix Columbus XLR8R tubing. Considered by many to be the best aluminum road bike available, all bits are custom drawn to Dario's specs. The mantra for a Pegoretti lover is: Acceleration from an extremely stiff rear mated to vertically compliant front section. A 54cm Love #3 frame is 2.5 lb with 1 1/8" threadless carbon fiber fork. ~ Pegoretti Love frame & fork: $3300
Marcelo
"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
"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 
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. ~ 2008 Pegoretti Marcelo frame & fork: $3300
Pegoretti Marcelo Dreamride Edition
The Dreamride Edition Marcelo features a build that suits the frame's Italian roots and the needs of a rider who wants light weight, solid performance and outrageous beauty based on careful selection of parts and attention to the smallest color and texture details. This parts combo, selected for Pegoretti frames in particular, features a smart, weight-saving and budget conscious blend of Campy Record and FSA components, along with a Dreamride-built Record/Mavic/DT wheelset, Selle Italia or Fizik (pictured) saddle and a choice of pedals. Each build is color-keyed for visual effect. There is no limit to customization of parts to suit your desires, so do not hestitate to request substitutions or more research on color matching. This build is pictured to the right in the sidebar on a 53cm frame with "Why Not Blue?" paint scheme. Each Dreamride Edition bike is personally built by company owner, Lee Bridgers. The bike pictured in the sidebar is priced at $7775 and weighs 17.25 pounds with pedals. We can bring the weight down to 16.5 pounds with a few subsitutions that do not compromise strength or performance.
Duende is a Marcelo front triangle mated to a Palosanto rear triangle, resulting in a very comfortable bike for the long haul. Tubing is "Spirit" cromoly from Columbus. Fork is 1 1/8" Edge carbon. Weight is 3.9 lbs for 54cm. ~ Pegoretti Duende frame & fork: $2775
Now only available as a custom order, "Big Leg Emma" (The name comes from a Frank Zappa tune on the album "Absolutely Free.") is a beefed-up steel frame with huge internally-strutted chainstays for remarkable lateral rigidity, but with surprising vertical compliance for a comfortable ride. This is an effective, efficient pedaling platform for a large or very agressive racer. The horizontal reinforcing struts inside the tubing are added for torque response. The custom tubing is made exclusively for Dario. Fork is an Edge, all carbon. Steerer tube is 1 1/8", frame weight is 4.2 lbs in 54cm. Stock color is orange and yellow with a pea green flair, but since the "Big Leg" is a custom order, take the opportunity to choose personal colors. The bike pictured, built by Lee Bridgers, weighs 17 pounds. ~ Pegoretti Big Leg Emma frame and fork: $4400
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
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. Ciavete is a $595 custom and Dario insists that no two Ciavete paint jobs be the same. The only real options for Ciavete are a specific 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. A Ciavete job 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 a year, 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: $4200 with Catch the Spider paint. $4900 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 color you want. Steerer tube is 1" threadless. Frame weight is 4.5 lbs for a 54cm. Dreamride will see to your perfect custom fit and components that suit the mood. 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: $3250
Custom Track frames can be fabricated based on the Duende, Love #3 or Marcelo tubesets. Forks can be double plate or box crown. At the top of the page on the right in the sidebar Dario is pictured with one of his track frames. Since track frames are custom orders many paint schemes are available from simple, elegant classic to wild "Ciavete" (Italian for "fuck off") freeform freehand.
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Congratulations Dario!
Frame Builder of the Year!
Dario Pegoretti was named “Frame Builder of the Year” at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show on February 10th, 2008 in Portland, OR. Dario won the award for his work during a year in which he was battling cancer. Diagnosed with Lymphoma in March of 2007, Dario worked through his treatments, producing new graphic effects for his frames that were inspired by his disease and treatments he underwent. After receiving the award Pegoretti said “It is an extreme honor to be recognized in this way. It is my hope that the frames I make are used on the roads and not hung as art on the wall.” Hey, Dario, we appreciate the dig, but Sorry, it's too late, your frames ARE fine art and truly worthy of collection as art for art's sake. It's your own damn fault! We will hang them on the wall, LATER.
Where fine art meets the road.It is a truly an honor to offer the best road bikes on the planet. And, here they are! Dario Pegoretti's frames are an investment in joy and beauty, combining a passion for art and music with the needs of elite cyclists who demand the best in performance. The frames themselves possess a feel that is literally as good as it gets, but the steel frame is only a beginning. Dreamride is owned by a highly trained and experienced artist, an expert in fine art, former fine art college professor possessing three degrees, including a terminal MFA degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has had one-man shows around the world during the 70's, 80's and 90's. Now Lee is in Moab building bikes. Lee will tell you that the paint job on a Pegoretti will greatly increase in value over the coming years. Dario Pegoretti is one of the great graphic artists of our time, a rarity in the world of cycling where "kitch" usually suffices for art. Respect the art and have Lee build it for you, then ride with respect. Your purchase will someday become museum-worthy. This is a great opportunity to have Lee further personalize you ride with the most appropriately elegant, color-matched components and a most meticulous build.
The art critic explains himself.
Have we forgotten that a bicycle is a miracle? When engineers and MBA's work to make a product presentable and marketable, they build for a mentality. They build something visually and psychologically threatening with any number of modern processes that tend to eliminate the hand of the artist. Small builders still exist, but success in America means GROWTH, selling out, and by those rules art is not worthy of consideration. Some small builders rebel with flourishes of humor and audacity, but most come off as adolescent, silly or pretentious. As a former educator, I understand this is due to poor quality education in fine art. Who would blame them for not having a clue? This is America, where those with a gene that requires them to challenge every perception and accepted idea die horrible deaths alone in dirty places. Meanwhile, the greed mongers and art phonies serve up denial of humanity to greedy vacancies in suits, ties, white teeth and hairspray. I have watched close friends die for art--from alcohol, drugs, dangerous encounters and irresponsible acts of futility and courage--but mostly from thepoverty accepted as part of the struggle. As an artist, it is hard to hit that high note consistently, but a dedicated soul will work for years on end and sacrifice anything and everything required with only the hope of brief, unrewarded success. Paul Sharits and Chris McLaine both made groundbreaking films in the mid 20th century, films that change the world for those who see them. Paul died of medical complications years after being shot in the abdomen during a drunken argument. Chris died in a mental institution after the meth he used to help create his art destroyed his mind and body. These guys did not care about money, success or even the adoration of fine art intellectuals. Jack Smith, who made the film "Flaming Creatures" that broke down the barriers of censorhip in the early 70's, heard there was a disease called AIDS, and said, "That sounds like something I have to get." He died of AIDS. These fellows didn't make a living from art, they sacrificed for it and left us fine art documents that are our 20th century equivalent to the Mona Lisa. Let me say, before I proceed, that no bicycle builder (not even Dario Pegoretti), holds a candle to these guys. Even the best bicycle frame builder is just making a living, never seeing his work as a living document of a moment, the death of a day, or the rememberance of a feeling that exists simply for itself? Dario Pegoretti is somewhat of a unique exception. When his work evolved into transmitting the pain and fear of cancer, people began to squirm. When he produced a bike with barbed wire paint and called it the "Guantanamo," people cringed (I cheered!). Always from the heart and hand of a very talented painter and graphic artist, Dario's bicycle frames, among the most desirable machines on Earth, flowered into "fine art for art's sake" as he demonstrated a brutal dedication to his work by continuing to build and paint as he endured an ordeal, and faced, even if it is postponed, his death. Remember, Dario is Italian. Unlike America, his culture is swamped and saturated by centuries of art and human history. Most Americans don't even know they are going to die. I often think of these poor beings, unaware of the predator on their heels, plodding on, missing opportunities for learning in favor of opportunities to advance to a point where they can afford a Mercedes. Dario Pegoretti's recent work is a Sundance. His canvases are most likely the best steel bicycle frames ever produced, but the whole package is the swan song of a true artist, a loving reminder that we haven't taken him seriously enough. Art is a general term used to describe objects that are curated, collected for aesthetic value, as an investment. Art hangs on walls. "Fine Art," as it came to be defined during the late 20th century, is incapable of being "curated"--only experienced. Fine Art is strictly personal. My own work is "shown" in college classes or University cinemateques or at rare shows in theaters or galleries. Some of it has been performed in nature. Performance and installation are present day rebellions within the art community to insist that money not be a part of our spiritual journey. But there is always the possibility that someone like Dario Pegoretti comes along and shows us a new wrinkle. He follows his own passion, his heart. And, he just happens to have an abundance of Godgiven talent. Though there are defined movements, fine art remains that which is done for its own sake, by one person, with no consideration for reward, no attention to "outside" and artificial concepts of beauty, and definitely not done to advance on a social scale. Dario Pegoretti, through selfless giving, by including his life, loves, passion and suffering within and UNDER his amazing graphic designs and freeform painting, has produced kinetic fine art that is entirely practical! The fact that these "works" can be ridden and are roundly considered the best examples of their kind--this is the foundation of my understanding of Dario's frames as true fine art. Think of it--the rare moment where a welder and graphic artist of Dario's stature produces highly praised and internationally utilized kinetic sculpture that evokes emotions and juices-up human-powered transportation to make people want to ride a bike, to feel and think of his hand on the steel. When Dario says he hopes his bikes are ridden and not hung on a wall, it reaffirms my understanding that his work is indeed fine art. I understand because I have one, and I scratch it up because I just cannot resist riding it. ~ Lee Bridgers, Dreamride owner and soul mechanic
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.
