See Luca for all your Moto Guzzi needs in the beautiful town of Mandello del Lario home of Moto…read moreGuzzi. Our choice of original Moto Guzzi gear is limited in North America. Online can be sketchy as knock - off are more prevalent then originals. We tried walking from our hotel but it was a bit hot and humid for me, so we drove by the store a few times anxiously waiting for it to open. Totally worth the wait! Upstairs was a whole room full of gear you could try on and behind the desk every size you could imagine still in the bag! Downstairs was full of motorcycles. Luca the store manager was amazingly patient with us sharing a cappuccino with me and generously threw in a motor guzzi pin and 2 riding baclavas. If you are interested you can also rent a moto Guzzi here. They ship parts for new and old bikes, all over the world - check out their website at agostinimandello.com.

While vacationing on Lake Como my family and I rented mountain bikes from this business in Lenno…read more The owner was very helpful in making the arrangements ahead of time so that four bikes and helmets were ready to go when we arrived. He even threw in four water bottles for us to keep. We used the bikes to ride to Argegno, a town about 7 km away where we took a cable car (with bikes) up more than 850 meters to the small village of Pigra. From there we rode mostly downhill back to Argegno through some very lovely, non-touristy small towns in the mountains. It was one of the best days of our trip, and quite a change of pace from the typical tourist things in Florence, Venice, Verona and Milan.