A couple years ago, I “downgraded” from a beautiful and featherlight Italian-built road frame and fork to a new but old-fashioned steel frame and fork.
I’ve been asked a lot out on the road why I ride such a heavy bike, or if my bike is 30 years old, or any number of other questions by people who don’t seem to understand why my bike doesn’t look like all those other fat-tubed, carbon-adorned, pro racing bikes they see in the magazines.
The answer was simple, really: nobody made a high-tech carbon bike that was actually built for the way I ride. Until now, that is!
Enter the new Liscio, from powerhouse startup Volagi Cycles (by the way… it’s pronounced vo-lah-jee if you prefer eccliastical latin pronunciation, or vo-lah-ghee if you’re classically trained):


Room for big tires (I fit 32s on one of our demo bikes… unheard of clearance for a carbon bike!), rock-solid stability and handling for stress-free endurance riding, disc brakes for more control (and because neither ultra-endurance cyclists nor regular Joes have to worry about the UCI ninnies with their measuring tapes banning their bikes), super-stiff BB30 bottom bracket shell for instant acceleration, and “longbow flex” seatstays that bypass the seat tube to add some flex and comfort where it counts–your saddle (and shockingly, though none of us plan on trading in our Brooks saddles, none of us hated Volagi’s proprietary stock saddle either–a rare occurrence around here).
We now have two Liscios in stock for demo rides, and we mean real demo rides, not just a spin around the block. Bring your favorite road shoes and pedals, and take one out for an hour or so. We predict you’ll come back with a smile that’s hard to wipe off your face.













We will be taking some time off to spend the holiday with our families, our Christmas hours. We will be open 9am-2pm on Christmas Eve (Saturday) just in case you need some last minute bike gifts. We will be closed Sunday and Monday. We will return to normal hours on Tuesday.
