Travel: Venice, Love And Bicycles

Yesterday at 03:01 AM

Our roadside reporter Ed Hoods annual pilgrimage to the beautiful and romantic canal city of Venice somehow managed to turn into a flirtation with his favorite subject – cycling. Here’s Ed’s report on this truly magic city through his cycling addicted eyes back in 2013.In January we lost our friend and colleague Ed Hood, two years after his devastating stroke. We will never forget Ed and his knowledge, connections in the cycling world, his writing style and love for the sport. Ed wrote thousands of stunning articles for PEZ, so we will pay homage the ‘King of the Blackberry’ with re-runs of his great work.And a big thank you to everyone who contributed to Ed’s ‘Go Fund Me’. It made a difference to his last two years.You can read the PEZ-Crew’s memories of Ed Hood HERE.Its hard to avoid art in Venice.There are artists everywhere. And there are works of art too; you cant avoid them.Theres a jolly tri-coloured sculpture in the Bienniale Gardens.Not to mention garish, ironic glass fibre modern art in the courtyard of trendy galleries.And there are tributes to modern legends held in beautiful old palazzi. But you can still find sleek marble statues which owe much to the old renaissance masters.And nightmarish monstros in modern materials but you wouldnt want to avoid any of it, not if you have human curiosity and a soul.There arent many bicycles though, in this city on the lagoon.But however hard it is to believe, the Giro ran a time trial...