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Fashion designer and aspiring lifestyle brand Roberto Cavalli has never met an object he didn’t want to swaddle in animal-printed silk (or better yet, ponyskin). Even a minimalist exercise bike is no match for his zebra-striped ways. Behold, the “Roberto Cavalli for Ciclotte” collection, which adds a jarring touch of the jungle to the sculptural Ciclotte exercise bike. Designed by Luca Schieppati and produced by the Italian materials masterminds at Lamiflex, the Ciclotte is a one-wheeled, two-horned wonder of carbon, steel, or fiberglass that uses four gears with differentiated teeth to generate a magnetic field. This fancy “epicycloid” gear system maximizes resistance levels and recreates pedalling conditions one would encounter on a road bike (so riders can be sure they’re getting their roughly $10,000 worth). Cavalli’s collection of six models, available exclusively at the designer’s boutiques, all feature signature house touches—shinyness, animal prints—for the luxury consumer who likes to go nowhere fast atop a jaguar-patterned ponyskin seat and a wheel of gold steel. Of course, this exotic piece of gym equipment creates a wardrobe dilemma: ordinary athletic apparel clashes terribly with fuschia carbon fiber. Cavalli is on top of it with his new Roberto Cavalli Gym collection (pictured above), which is hitting stores now.
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