Featured Bike: Retro Gravel! JOM’s Vitus 979 L’Eroica Bike
L’Eroica started in 1997 because of one man, Giancarlo Brocci. Giancarlo admired the values of a past cycling so much that he wanted to reconnect others to the heritage that…
VIDEO: The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part Four – The Ride Video – The White Roads of Tuscany
Sunday, October 2, 2016. JOM (Aussie), K-Dogg and Mrs K-Dogg flew across the pond (that's the Atlantic Ocean for those not in the know) from the USA to attend the 20th Anniversary…
The 2016 L’Eroica Experience: Part One
If you've never heard of L'Eroica, the following text, mostly quoted from the official website explains the event quite well. L’Eroica started in 1997 because of one man, Giancarlo Brocci. Giancarlo…
VIDEO K-Dogg’s L’Eroica Ride Experience 2014
From the L'Eroica website. "L'Eroica is a foundation whose purpose is to safeguard the heritage of the white roads of Tuscany. These romantic ideals gave rise to the idea of…
K-Dogg’s L’Eroica Ride Report 2014
Gravel Cyclist presents one of the most epic ride reports ever. This is K-Dogg's story about the L'Eroica ride. Update 10/18/2014 - K-Dogg's Ride Video. The Heros: "An exercise…
More sights from L’Eroica 2014
Mr and Mrs K-Dogg returned last week from their epic ride at the L'Eroica ride in Italy. While the staff here at Gravel Cyclist are waiting for that slacker K-Dogg…
L’Eroica Reconnaisance Report Number 2 – 2014
K-Dogg's Thursday Reconnaissance Ride The event gets tricky early, with a descent on the first gravel section about eight miles from the start in Gaiole... at about 5:30 a.m. Check…
Pre L’Eroica Reconnoitering 2014
Our roving reporter K-Dogg, has chimed in with his first report from L'Eroica. Click an image to see the full-size version. From K-Dogg: Drove the entire 205 k course. It…
L’Eroica Bound 2014
Sunday, September 28, 2014. K-Dogg and Mrs K-Dogg are jetsetting their way to Italy, to contest the legendary race / ride / event, known as L’Eroica. It’s been on K-Dogg’s bucket list for a while.
What is L’Eroica?
From the official website – “L’eroica is a foundation whose purpose is to safeguard the heritage of the white roads of Tuscany. These romantically actual ideals gave rise to the idea of the cycling event born in 1997. At the start, at the time, there were 92 “hunters of feelings and emotions”, but now eroica is an example of environmental sustainability, sustainable lifestyle, of clean cycling which indicates the future by looking to the past: witness the numbers of a success due to the passion of its organizers and creators.”
Pardon the dodgy Italian to English translation. In a nutshell, this is an event and foundation, committed to keeping the white roads in the Tuscany region of Italy, from ever being paved. More of that needs to happen in the USA; don’t pave the dirt, limerock and gravel roads!
L’Eroica is also a ride of epic proportion. There are two long routes (205km or 135km) and two short routes (75km or 38km). The Doggs are doing the full monty 205km route, naturally. When you fly across the pond, you don’t half arse around.