Another vintage event, the L’Eroica is an annual bicycle ride in Tuscany. The landscapes are so beautiful that you might even forget how mental everyone looks in their pre-nineties cycle wear!

Portrait Series: L’Eroica, a Vintage Affair in Tuscany

The people of Gaiole in Chianti organised the first event, designed to preserve and celebrate the landscape and culture of the region, and the heroic cyclists and bicycles of old.

But that doesn’t make this a niche event. In fact, there were over 5,600 riders in 2014. There’s often a bit of celebrity spotting to be done too with a chance to pull up alongside Marianne Vos or Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.

L’Eroica takes place during the first weekend in October. For details, see the L’Eroica website or read about when we joined in!