Cyclist Magazine

Eat, sleep, ride, Repete

Mikoláš Voverka and Robin Fišer first met (as all the very best of friends do) through a shared love of classic Italian racing bicycles.

After spying each other’s steel frames from across the street in Prague, the pair struck up a conversation. They joined forces to hunt down vintage bikes, and it wasn’t long before they’d amassed a stable of 35 of them in Voverka’s childhood bedroom. Then they started their own brand, Repete.

‘I think the first bike we bought together was an old. ‘It’s the one with the blue-tinted clear coat and it’s super-nice. We still have it today and it’s all original.

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