Benotto

One of the joys of hanging out with Ginger and Ron is that they know all these neat places for coffee in the morning. Today we went to Hot Mama's and there was this warm and friendly guy behind the counter who served us. The first thing I saw was his great old Campagnolo bike hat. Then I spotted a bike in the front window - clearly an old Italian racing bike that has been converted to a single-speed commuter bike. Turns out that the bike is a 1950's era Benotto and that Hannie, who owns the bike, had put it together from rescued parts and given it this great paint job! I just had to photograph him, and he was happy to be my subject. He was wonderful, and the coffee and scone were as well! I have posted a much larger image, so please click on it to see the name of the bike cast in the front chainring, and the great paint job.