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WHITE DOVES

Dario Nucci and Paul Carroll’s custom bike company My Wild Love was born out of chance rather than commerce. Treviso, Italy – where the duo made the spectacular discovery of 32 untouched Columbus SLX frames – is a world away from the dusty South African farm where Dario grew up, or in Paul’s case, as part of the “ragtag gang” of Melbourne’s CERES Bike Shed Cooperative.

And while the 32 bike frames lay unclaimed in a Treviso bike shop for what might have been decades, the combined talents

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