Ragnoli will race with handcrafted bikes specifically studied and designed for his requests by Michele Favaloro, a craftsman well known for the fact that he has been making custom-made frames in unique pieces with his own hands for more than twenty years in his workshop in Manerba del Garda in the province of Brescia based on the characteristics and needs of each individual customer.
Source: press release
So it's an all-Brescia project with the intention of reaching the highest possible levels of performance on international competition fields.
This partnership was not born by chance, but is the result of considerable mutual esteem that has lasted for many years and was the most natural evolution of events after the separation of Juri and the Scott Racing Team. In fact, we recall that Juri has already raced with FM bikes when he was Junior.
The bikes that Juri will use will be the Doctor SP and the Storm models which will be specifically studied for the purpose on the basis of the experiences gained by both, Juri as the maximum expression of an athlete of international caliber and very attentive to technical choices and Michele as a frame builder of remarkable experience as well as amateur biker.
“A new big adventure. I am very grateful to Michele, I have always esteemed and admired him for what he does and above all for how he does it and now thanks to him I can realize my dream as a racer: to have a vehicle studied in detail for maximum performance based on my personal characteristics and needs starting from the single carbon fiber up to the choice of components, but not only, with him and thanks to him I will realize the dream as a passionate engineer which I am which is to interact with him in the realization of what will be mine frame, my bike, taking into consideration every single aspect and taking it to the limit, choosing its geometry, shape, layers, solving any manufacturing problems, this is very cool for me personally. Obviously, having no experience, the merit will limit myself to being a student, listening and increasing my knowledge with the personal goal of one day interacting with him in an increasingly active and proactive way, who knows"-Juri Ragnoli
"It's hard for me to find the words to express all my joy and gratitude to Juri for this project. My shared effort with that of the sponsors and some people has given us the possibility of being able to take this very important step for FM BIKE. Juri is the best person we could meet on our journey as an accomplished athlete and materials engineer. I am sure that he will make a significant contribution to the development of our fully tailored and personalized product down to the last detail. I've always strongly believed in making high-performance bikes and next year we'll have the chance to compare them with the most famous brands on the big market, a possibility that makes me excited and no less curious. Juri is a very intelligent person who will know how to make the most of not only the product but also the human value that lies behind all our creations. Finally, let's add that Ragnoli will also have a lot of freedom on the choice of individual components and we can already anticipate that many of these will be made in Italy"Michele Favaloro
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