Sassari, “Vintage bikes in the center”: the exhibition on the history of sustainable mobility
The exhibition "Vintage Bikes in the Center" was inaugurated in Sassari with 25 historic bicycles, an initiative of the Local Police to promote conviviality and enhance the city center.
Sassari, “Vintage bikes in the center”: the exhibition on the history of sustainable mobility.
Is called “Vintage bikes in the center” the exhibition organized by the local police in the courtyard of the former 4 Colonne cinema, inaugurated yesterday, Friday 25th, in the presence of the mayor Giuseppe Mascia and the commander Gianni Serra, and can be visited until Sunday, October 27. The idea of the administration is to create an additional moment of conviviality at the center, in which the entire community is invited to participate.
Since 10 this morning they have been on display – in the spaces in Corso Vittorio Emanuele 62 – about 25 bicycles that tell the story of mobility.
Among the most interesting pieces, the bicycle that was used by the customs officer at the end of the 30s; there are also two Bottecchia: bicycles that took part in the Giro d'Italia and the Giro di Sardegna in the 60s; also present is a tandem made by a craftsman, a prototype of a motorized bicycle from the 70s, a bicycle with a long fork in front, several "Graziella" from the 70s that were very popular at the time and bicycles with rod brakes from the 50s.
For three days, from 10am to 21pm, The exhibition will tell the story of the evolution of this means of transport from the end of the 30s to the present day. There will also be some photographs, a helmet that belonged to a local police officer from the 70s, when the cycling nucleus existed.
«It will be an exhibition full of curiosities - Explains Commander Gianni Serra - that we decided to organize in the historic center to enhance an area where we are present daily, not only to guarantee safety, but also as a garrison to listen to the needs of the inhabitants».
The exhibition was also possible thanks to the valuable contribution of the former Marshal Roberto Demuro, retired a few months ago. Passionate about bicycles, even when he was in the local police force of Sassari he always took care of the regeneration and donation of bicycles: he recovered old and sometimes non-functioning ones to give them new life and donate them to children and adults who needed them and could not afford them.
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