The *Museo del Ghisallo* in Italy closed recently for lack of funding. The *Museo* is a unique place, right next to the famous chapel dedicated to bicycle racing. It was founded by the great Italian racer Fiorenzo Magni and exhibits many bikes ridden by the great champions. Whatever you may think of bicycle racing today, its heritage has inspired us and brought us many of the bikes we love today.
With the Italian economy not doing well, subsidies have been cut, and there isn't money to keep the museum open. They are looking for donations... so we decided to do our part. Here’s our idea: for the next 24 hours, all sales of our *Calendar of Classic Bicycles* <http://www.bikequarterly.com/books_calendar_2014.html>will be donated to the *Museo*. The donation will 100% of the purchase price, except for the shipping charges... Use the opportunity to buy one calendar for yourself, and buy some more for your cycling friends. They’ll enjoy the beautiful studio photos of amazing bikes all year long, and the money will go toward preserving a unique cultural heritage. For more information and to donate, see our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/charity-drive-museo-del-ghisallo/ Let's hope we can keep this wonderful museum open. Jan Heine Editor Bicycle Quarterly Seattle, WA www.bikequarterly.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
