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Fabio Cappelli

roads, trails, paths and trails, these are natural habitats of mountain bikers, along with these so-called "single track", with this period of Anglo-Saxon origin are already a good part of all previous definitions for the viability of the typical off-road, but if we try to go into that explain in more detail what a single track and why it is so beloved by connoisseurs of fat wheels.

The term single track you want to identify a narrow path, traveled by a bike at a time, this condition, especially in the competitive arena, has a primary consideration, in fact be easy to understand, being in front of a shift of this type (which is almost taken for granted in a race bike) is not able to overtake, and this fact, especially during a competition, can be a decisive factor for the continuation of that, and it is therefore evident that a good position on the grid proves to be determining if you aspire to a position in luxury! In relation competitions, it should be stressed that in some of them is expected timing of its single track sections, aimed to establish a ranking of the ability to award more than any other competitor who has shown their ability to stay in the saddle.

The single track is located by definition in the woods, typically, if you want to exclude those that are created from scratch, these are nothing more than a sharing of the same roads used by hunters, truffle woodcutters and developed over time to penetrate the thick spots, and sometimes their origin is quite natural as in the case of the deep gullies venutisi to create as a result of the erosion of rainwater, (these types of single track are particularly beautiful and refined), which if properly cleaned of leaves and debris in order to perform well, sometimes the single track, especially in mountain areas, may coincide with the official trails for hiking.

For a rider the perfect realization of a single track is a very long path, by way of canyons carved into the ground, surrounded by the colors of the wood, with sinuous gait, a moderate downhill and cross all d 'in one breath! But apart from that there are many ideal prototype solution appreciable single track (also with long uphill sections), their essence is essentially the speed (but not necessarily) in the sense of freedom, in almost physical contact with nature and the adrenaline kick that they emit.

A key feature of a single track, is in the morphology of the terrain, it tends to emphasize the perception of speed which the whiz next to the trees makes it very noticeable, this feature is illustrated by ditches and bumps, jumps and grooves, curves and reverse curves, protruding rocks and roots, logs and steps in a hectic and ever-changing scenarios that require the rider to a rapid assessment of the obstacles moment by moment and to decide the best path to follow.

Finally, there is a technical component, if the obstacles mentioned above in fact, often resulting in minor bumps that help make traveling fast, safe and fun, there are others who appear to be very difficult less smooth, easy to deal with it, the main causes are attributable to the fund type that characterizes them, which often turns out to be highly uneven, with critical steps as may be the rocks, slopes, very prominent, muddy, wet or sandy ruts deep transverse to the direction of travel, whether with shoes or exposed sections in the precipices, of course, all these difficulties tend to diminish or enhance the skills of balance of each athlete.

List of single track area:

- Seagull (City of Montopoli, XC also included in the 10 municipalities of the trophy, is short but very fun, all downhill)

- methane (Comune di Palaia, is not long, but quite technical, requires a large dose of balance, developing with sudden changes of trajectories and slopes)

- ; Moriolo (City of San Miniato, a modest development, is an excellent climbing technique, all downhill)

- Molino d'Egola (City of San Miniato, rather than a st is a series of small st with a little 'knowledge of their development can be followed successively drawing from a long and fun and technical)

- GF Valdelsa (Montaione, GF inserted in the Val d'Elsa, is probably one of the most beautiful st viable and comprehensive in the district, very long, drawn mostly downhill dug in the ground, punctuated by tears in slope, stream fords, to try)

PS: on the single track above, anyone can express their preference on what he thinks back over its strings or give an opinion for each additional, also anyone may wish to refer to other st in San Miniato compresor caratteritiche giving a brief description and location.

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THE CITY 'LOST

Fabio Cappelli

the first part of the path

Tuscany as we know it is a region that has known in its territory the succession of many civilizations and historical eras, from the distant past to go to the Etruscan and Roman rule, yet the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and so up to the present day.
Every age has given to citizens of the twenty-first century, a priceless heritage which all too often we tend to forget, jewels of art and urban archiettonica that are the result of the genius of our ancestors, their need to find harmony with environment that already carries with it an immense intrinsic value and that they received from the raw materials to build simple and durable big cities, castles, villages and settlements that have come down to us.

the keep

There are cities that have experienced ups and downs and other prosperous periods of decline, the villages once a bustling center of commercial activity, which change with the centers of gravity 's economy has experienced a gradual population decline, while the opposite semi-deserted villages, they found, in line with recent trends of a slow return to living a new life!
The city that I want to talk but does not fall into any of these categories, this city is now part of the session nature, swallowed up by it a long time ago, a city that has seen around 1200, a period of splendor and is now just a set of ruins at the mercy of the elements, you want to talk about the lost city of Castelvecchio.
When I took us for the first time, at the exact moment when, at the end of a rough path in the thick of the forest I found before me a tower that soared by a sea of \u200b\u200bgreen I was amazed, a marvel dictated by simply because you do not expect!
The first feeling that pervades the observer is amazement, not infrequently in fact, for those who love long walks in nature happen to come across the ruins of old fortifications medieval churches of isolated or sighting of any outpost, Castelvecchio but no, there is much more down the path and then up along the rocky outcrop that is home to the keep, it in fact offers the visitor a view of a real lost city, a small forest of Angkor in our house!
Post currently within the boundaries of the municipality of San Gimignano, Castelvecchio was in times past fought by the same San Gimignano and Volterra, bitter battles fought by the two rival powers did several times before slipping into the borders of one either party to the walled city for a short period also proved to stand up to the role of a free commune, but too weak to ensure a lasting independence as it was crushed by the hegemonic aims to close so cumbersome, in short, the end of 1300 under entering the final sphere of influence of San Gimignano, Castelvecchio, now no longer a strategic stronghold, impoverished by the previous looting and its population decimated by the Black Death, experienced a rapid decline to the point that the news we report that by the end of 1600, what was once the great castle was now only a village that nature, the only real winner, was recovering in itself.
Today, as I anticipate, Castelvecchio is a lost city, invisible to most, if not penetrating Quach kilometers to walk in the lush and wild scrub, once you can see the remains of a village that the modern civilization has unfortunately lost, a surreal place where the passage can still hear the echo of voices and noises of people who lived here, wandering through the ruins you can fly with your imagination trying to imagine what life was like for those who lived more than 600 years ago!
Now, as then, the houses, now fallen, were newspaper space within which the activity takes place for families, inside we saw children and adults who enlivened the intimacy of the hearth, while looking out on the streets came alive every day the comings and goings of citizens who enlivened the plaza, shops, places of worship and buildings dedicated to institutional life, certainly we would see merchants, craftsmen, workers engaged in their activities, the guards of the garrison walls, clergymen intent to spread the Gospel, but everything, even if ever corresponded to the reality of those times, took shape only in the most imaginative minds, in fact, this whole life is not nothing but praised the cold stone ruins on whether itself after centuries of silence and solitude, interrupted occasionally by the soft voices of the rare visitors to the site.
The last point has a bitter taste, dictated by the finding that an archaeological site of such high cultural and historical value to this day knows the almost complete abandonment by all those bodies to maintain, monitor and develop a site that is a direct witness of our past, confident of a rapid change of course before that the last traces are lost forever, I invite everyone to spend a clipping of his time to go see the ruins of Castelvecchio!