La Chiesetta delle Biciclette, Limbiate - Italy 
The Chiesetta delle Biciclette - a unique museum dedicated to the history of the bicycle has found its place in a stunning building. The original church - the first ever built in Limbiate - has now become a place where the past and the present merge through a passion for culture, history and innovation.
The collection focuses on bicycles manufactured between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries, a period that could be described as the "golden age of the bicycle". During this period, the bicycle underwent an extraordinary evolution, from a means of public transport to a symbol of freedom and modernity.
The small church houses almost 100 historical bicycles from different parts of Europe, which have been carefully collected and restored; many more are still being restored and will be exhibited at a later date. The fantastic and friendly atmosphere of the founder Adriano Vettorato and his friends made our visit a fantastic experience.
Address: Via Mazzini 5,208 12 Limbiate (MB), Itálie
Contact: lachiesettadellebiciclette@gmail.com
Visits to the museum must be arranged individually.
Expo: Ghisallo in Giallo - Museo del Ciclismo, Italy
The Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Museum Foundation in Magreglio opened “Ghisallo in Giallo,” an exhibition-expo-from the grand boucle that cuts the ribbon in summer 2024 with Jan Ullrich and many other fans and lenders in attendance.
The history of the Tour lived again in the House of Cyclists, thanks to the contributions of many fans and institutions. The exhibition draws on many important museums, lenders, and cycle-collections such as: Pirelli Foundation, Ottavio Bottecchia Museum, Gino Bartali Cycling Museum (Florence), Tino Sana Carpenter’s Museum , Spazio Pantani (Cesenatico), Koers Museum (Roselaire-Belgium), Marc-André Elsig’s Musée du Vélo (Chippis-Switzerland) and Ciclocollection – Gigi Farè’s Bicycle Museum (Riva del Garda). And it is embellished with special memorabilia thanks to the historical and cultural sensitivity of private collectors such as Natale Bolgè, Bruno Carraro, Giorgio Cimurri, Enzo Manfrè, Graziano Pellizzoni, and Famiglia Pietra – Freni Universal.
Address: Via Gino Bartali, 4 - 22030 Magreglio (CO), Itálie
Contact: https://www.museodelghisallo.it/en/
Full report from Ghisallo museum: https://www.sterba-bike.cz/item/museo-del-cyclismo-ghisallo-magreglio-italie-2461?lang=EN
Expo Motus: The Prehistory of the Automobile - Museo Galileo – Italy
The dream of autonomous movement, independent of human and animal energy, is as old as the history of mankind. Its first expressions are lost in antiquity and are reflected in art, poetry and literature.
In thirteen stages, they take the visitor on an ideal journey that begins in Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC and ends with Karl Benz’s automobile in 1886. In between, there are extraordinary projects, which, from time to time, spring from intuitions destined to become a turning point in the field of automobility.
Exhibition Dates 08.04.2022 – 25.09.2022
Contact: https://mostre.museogalileo.it/motus/en
Address: Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino, Corso Unità d'Italia, 40, 10126 Torino (TO), Italy
Expo 2025: "100volte Bottecchia“, Pordenone, Italy
The Associazione Culturale Ottavio Bottecchia Pordenone was born from the desire to build a cultural, sporting and educational path aimed at enhancing the memory of Ottavio Bottecchia, a witness to heroic cycling, 100 years after his first victory at the Tour de France in 1924. It testifies that the life of a person and cyclists is strongly rooted in the capital Pordenone and the naming of the city Velodrome. A journey that brings attention to both his sporting achievements and his human value profile, with events in favor of the territory and citizens of Pordenone; for younger generations to take a cue from Bottecchi's statement after winning the Tour:
"I endured, I resisted. Above all, I wanted.
Contact: https://www.acottaviobottecchia.com/
418/A - Expo 2025: "100volteBottecchia“
Expo 2025: "100volte Bottecchia: storia della bicicletta dalla draisina all’epopea di Ottavio Bottecchia"
Address: Palazzo Gregoris,Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 33170 Pordenone, Itálie
Expo 2025 “Eddy Merckx: Eighty Years of a Legend”, Magreglio – Italy
The exhibition “Eddy Merckx: Eighty Years of a Legend” was inaugurated on May 3, 2025. Curated by architect Carola Gentilini, Director of the Madonna del Ghisallo Cycling Museum, the exhibition is dedicated to celebrating the 80th birthday of the greatest champion of all time. Through objects, images, videos, and personal accounts, the exhibition recounts his glorious victories and the impact he had on cycling and global sport.
Madonna del Ghisallo Sanctuary and Cycling Museum are located in Magreglio in the province of Como, on a hill which is very popular among bikers and has been home of many famous competitions; here there’s a beautiful landscape on Lake Como.
The Museum, founded in 2006 by the biker Fiorenzo Magni, is dedicated to the bike world and for this reason it promotes this sport with all its values and memories. It has 3 floors and it includes a collection about cycling like the one of “Pink Jersey”. All bicycles on the display are in original condition – it is absolutelly „paradise“ for bicycle collectors!
Contact: https://www.museodelghisallo.it
Address: Via Gino Bartali, 4 - 22030 Magreglio (CO), Italy
Colnago museum – Cambiago, Italy
Colnago is a traditional Italian bike and frame brand, the most Italian of Italians and the most classic of classics. Colnago has a sound, a rich history, a prestigious present, something that can be called the spirit of the brand and a gloriola exceeding the number of medals, records, rainbow jerseys of world champions, national titles of countries of almost all of Europe, scalps of the most prestigious races.
Right in the factory there is a large hall with the most interesting things that have been produced. Unfortunately, the bikes were moved out in 2022 and the plan is to build a separate museum. Unfortunately, concrete steps have not yet been taken. We had a great time with the bikes during our visit, so I share them in the gallery as a memory and thank you for using Bikeradar.com and Cyklonovinky.cz
Contact: http://www.colnago.com/
Address: Viale Brianza 7/9, 20040 Cambiago MI, Italy
Ciclocollection - Museo di Biciclette, Riva del Garda – Italy
A private collection of bicycles - a small museum is located in Hotel Virgilio from Riva del Garda. Here, bicycle lovers can view a rare and exclusive collection of about 100 vintage bicycles. I recommend you to be attentive, because a careful eye will not miss a number of rare systems and interesting things on individual bikes. Most of the exhibits are in their original authentic condition. Absolutely TOP condition.
The curator and owner is Farè Pierluigi, a great cycling enthusiast who for more than twenty years has been recalling the history of the bicycle, which is fascinating, ever-evolving but also, unfortunately, gradually disappearing, as he likes to say.
Contakt: https://www.ciclocollection.it
Address: Via Virgilio, 21 - 38066 Riva del Garda (TN), Italy
Casa Fausto Coppi, Castellania, Alessandrie, Italy
A small village in the hills where under normal circumstances none of the tourists would ever come. The birthplace of Fausto Coppi and his family attracts an incredible number of admirers. The atmosphere is worth it any day there. The restaurant, the library, the vintage bike room, the tomb, the statues and the countless photographs are absolutely overwhelming.
The birth house is a fantastic museum full of trophies, bikes and above all original equipment. The tour must be booked in advance.
Address: Via Fausto Coppi, 2 15051 Castellania Coppi (AL), Italy
Contact: https://www.faustocoppi.it/encasa.htm
A bike we didn't expect here. On the contrary, it beautifully complements the feeling of belonging with Italian manufacturers and cyclists.
Pinarello factory shop – Vilorba, Italy
The history of the Pinarello brand has been written since 1952. The luxurious showroom and store in close proximity to the factory is also a showcase of the brand's successes and we can find many iconic bikes that have written the history of the brand.
Address: Viale della Repubblica n.12, 31020 Vilorba (TV), Itálie
Contact: https://pinarello.com/global/en
Pinarello history: https://pinarello.com/global/en/pinarello-history
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Muzeo Nazionale del Motociclo, Rimini – Italy
The National Motorcycle Museum is located in Rimini. It has been the first motorcycle museum open to the public since 1993. A museum with a specific treatment of the theme "Motorcycles" from the bicycle to its beginnings and on to the present day. More than 250 machines and 55 different brands, organically arranged, trace the history of this fantastic one-track vehicle.
Address: Casalecchio 58/N, 47924 Rimini RN – Italy
Contact: https://www.museomotociclo.it
