Meet Our Guides

Luca Negri
Co-owner and Cycling Guide

ABOUT ME
I cycle because I enjoy being able to see and experience new places and amazing landscapes, which I can then share with others. I previously worked as an educator in a community called “Casa Don Guanella,” when they began their “AgriBike” project. It will be an eye-opening opportunity for the young people, and I am very proud to have been a part of it, especially since the Don Guanella cycling community took my passion for cycling to a new level. I'm a nationally certified MTB and road guide. I look forward to meeting you and showing you the amazing Lake Como that I’m lucky to call home!
FAVORITE CLIMB
FAVORITE ROUTE
FUEL FOOD
Tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms and a nice glass of vino rosso

Casey Thompson
​Co-owner and Cycling Guide

ABOUT ME
​I began road cycling in earnest at 17 to train for my first triathlon. I then began racing with my university cycling team and working at the best bike shop--two experiences that have helped shaped me as an athlete and as a person. After competing in triathlons for a few years, and completing the Ironman Zurich 2013, I realized that it was cycling that had captured my heart. As an American who lives near Lake Como, I see why it is a huge cycling hub. The variety of beautiful scenery, the perfect climate, and the welcoming cycling community are a dream come true for avid cyclists. I look forward to showing you around my new home in Northern Italy. I promise you, it’s a destination that you’ll want to return to. I’m also a Certified Personal Trainer and offer fitness training to guide you beyond the roads.
FAVORITE CLIMB
Passo Agueglio (the descent even more than the climb!)
FAVORITE ROUTE
FUEL food
Pistacchio & Dark Chocolate Gelato (Summer)
Pan dei Morti (Autumn)
​And, of course, Fabio's pizza!

Garbriele Corti
Cycling and Hiking Guide

About ME
​Keen hiker & cyclist, Gabriele combines his love for his jobs as an English language teacher and tour guide. Graduated in Wildlife Biology & Animal Behaviour, he’s a Nature and Interpretative Guide for A.I.G.A.E. A true globe trotter, he spent 10 years living abroad, travelling widely, in particular to the American Continent, before returning to his beloved Lake Como.
favorite climb
'Colma di Sormano' from Asso. I love the silent stillness of nature, just the subtle spinning of the wheels, as I catch a breath round the switchbacks framed by spruce trees, idyllic spots where Italy aims at being Switzerland. 
favorite route
Dorsale del Triangolo Lariano. What better view over the lake than from a thousand metres above, where the trees and the distance muffle the street noise, to take you back to a place which feels timeless, where you are fully devoted to relish your senses through a mixture of adrenaline, the pleasure in gentle suffering all cyclists are familiar with, mesmerised by the stunning views. 
Fuel food
I never say no to a freshly baked homemade slice of cake at the peak of the mountain, a treat which I feel I fully deserve! 

Luca Tettamanti
Shop Assistant & Cycling Guide

About ME
I’m a sport lover. Sports, and most of all cycling, makes me happy, especially when it's with friends. I've been a cyclist for more than 10 years. I like competitions, adventures and challenges. I was born to be a cyclist, but I don’t know which is my favorite kind of bike, I ride all bikes: XC, DH, enduro, road and also tandem. 
My best cycling challenge that I've accomplished is Everesting, 8848 meters of positive elevation from Como to Brunate in a single ride, this means 21 ascents of the climb.
I like studying and I have a degree in Sport Science.
favorite climb
Monte Cornizzolo
favorite route
Mtb: Dorsale del Triangolo Lariano
Road: Laghetto from Como + Onno
Fuel food
Pasta al pesto!

Filippo Soprani
Cycling Guide

About me
I started to ride a MTB about 15 years ago after recovery from knee injury. Ever since then, I never stopped. I started to ride my Road bike about 6 years ago and now do both. When I was a kid I used to hate riding bikes and I only started to ride as my surgeon told me I needed to develop and keep good leg muscles in order not to brake my knee again while snowskiing. Since I really love to spend time in the woods and in the open, I started to really enjoy riding as a way ​of life. I realized that the world is a different place seen from a bike. The slow speed gives you more time to observe and sink in images and details otherwise never noticed. I rode twice the Santiago path on my road bike and absolutely loved it. I really like to ride with friends, so I have created a couple of riding groups (MTB and Road) so that I never have to ride alone!
favorite climb
Guello - Terrabiotta on the MTB
favorite route
Bellagio - Ghisallino
Fuel food
walnuts and fusilli all'arrabbiata

Alex Stein
​Shop Assistant & Cycling Guide

About ME
​I started cycling in New Hampshire and Vermont in 2013 after retiring from her professional rowing career. I was a competitive motivator, serving as the coxswain of the Team USA Paralympic rowing boat at London 2012. Cycling filled the competitive gap that I was missing after I stopped racing, and gave me an ability to see the world at the perfect pace. Since moving to Italy in 2018, I’m hooked on climbing the mountains and hills as a means for seeing this beautiful country.​
favorite climb
Culmine di San Pietro
favorite route
Ghisallo & Colma di Sormano...backwards :) 
Fuel food
Carbonara!

Imad Sekkak
Cycling Guide

About me
I moved to Italy from Morocco when I was 12 years old. I was by myself and I was welcomed at the Don Guanella Community in Lecco (where Luca used to work!). The priest of the community introduced me to cycling and it changed my life. I began racing for elite junior teams and continental under 23 teams. My biggest accomplishments thus far are winning the Moroccan cycling championships and the Lombardia time trial championship. I also participated in the UCI under23 world championships in Innsbruck, what an experience! I am now 21 years old and look forward to working with Bike It! and sharing my training grounds on Lake Como with people from all around the world!
favorite climb
Morterone, a climb to the smallest town in Italy above Lecco!
favorite route
Lecco-Passo Spluga-Lecco, an epic 200km ride! 
Fuel food
​A big plate of pasta

Emanuela Vola
Cycling Guide

About me
I practiced sports from an early age, initially alpine skiing and competed in all disciplines. After a tourism school I graduated in languages at the Catholic University of Milan. After I decided to became ski instructor in St.Moriz because of my love for snow and mountains. I started cycling to share this passion with my husband. I do master time trial competition races and I won the title of Italian champion woman1 and W2 for 2 consecutive yeas. I'm also passionate about photography and art. My favourite book is Promessi sposi since I'm romantic.
I think that cycling is the way of positive thinking no matter speed and distance. Pedaling makes me free end gives me energy.
favorite climb
Alpe Giumello, Passo San Marco, and Passo Spluga
favorite route
Valsassina!
Fuel food
​Spaghetti alla carbonara
Polenta taragna
Jam tart

The "Easy Riders"
Cycling Guide Assistants

About us
We are the locals, the original cyclists of the Brianza and Lake Como areas. Cycling is a lifetime sport for us, a shared hobby and pastime. We may be retired folks, but just ask the young guides above...we are still really strong! We can set the pace on the road and in the forest with our mountain-bikes. We look forward to giving you the authentic cycling experience on our roads...we can guarantee you a good time! A presto!
​-Elio, Mario, Gianni, & Enrico
favorite climb
Onno
favorite route
We have a few favorites:
​We ride to Varenna from our town for a coffee and back quite often...and we like going out to ride "un bel laghetto al fresco" or a fast Lagone with more friends.
Fuel food
We eat anything put on the table, sometimes even the table.