I hope you all enjoy this video as much as I did visiting CorsaCorsa. An amazing shop that I was so lucky to get to visit. A late night email 11.30pm the day before, I chanced a visit. An almost instant reply welcoming me to the shop. ♥️

That shop is absolutely awesome and I could spend days in there breathing in bountiful bicycle beauty. Jon, you lucky pup you.

Love those stitched on grips. Got this shop on the list to visit.

Should have titled the video “John hits VO2 max for 21 minutes”.

This is amazing! Rumor has it that Jon actually never made it out of there, and he's still interviewing campy derailleurs and six-speed cassettes to this day....

Nearly 3 years later and this is still the high water mark of GCN videos. Too bad that guy quit presenting.

One of the best videos from GCN to date. Outstanding.

It’s touching and reassuring to witness Jon’s love of bicycles. It’s people like him who make GCN a special thing. Love it!

Can we get the Heart Rate data for Jon’s visit to Corsa Corsa?

One of the joys of living in Tokyo is that this is close enough to be my LBS. It's about half an hour's ride away from my house. As someone who does most of his riding on an '88 Colnago, it's good to have places like this around.

That was my Era of bikes-recognized every bike you showed. Love the C35 with Campy gold grouppo.The 50th anniversary Groupon still in the box was amazing. That's where I wanna go when I die!

I've watched this video multiple times and certainly will watch it over and over again in the future♥

There's not such a thing like Jon and bikes, it's true real passion

Hearing Jon correctly pronounce Campagnolo warms my heart.

Would have been nice to hear a bit about the shop owner and how this collection was put together......

How are there dislikes to this video? You must be kidding, that shop is incredible. The owner must be a true devoted bike lover! All the history and craftsmanship, it’s like a museum.

Wow, a lot of memories flooding back watching this 😲

The artwork is unbelievable. A Cinelli Laser road bike? A Bianchi Centenario? That is kinetic art. Jon was in awe and so was I. The bikes in the background were classic. A Colnago Arabesque! I want to go there just to look at them! Those bikes had soul. Yes, the latest carbon fibre tech is lightweight and attractive in it's own way, but it has nothing on the beauty of those bikes. Polished metal drivetrains have given way to black. Vibrant colors to accent paint. Chrome to carbon weave. Shaped tubing at one time was rare, now it's common. Time moves on, but beauty is timeless. Thank you for making this video!

Love the video Jon, It is just great to see someone who is that passionate about bikes see the bikes of his dreams. Reminds me of all the days as a child I spent in bike shops staring at all the parts I couldn't buy.

Bicycles are one of the greatest inventions in the history of humankind: It's a means of transport, fitness equipment, time machine and antidepressant , all in one beautiful package, because my bicycle takes me from a to b while improving my fitness and health, making me feel like I'm 13 again and filling my heart with joy, I don't remember ever being on my bike and not feeling happy.

From someone who still rides a 531 frame, you've just made my year.

@Jon Cannings you're my fav presenter on GCN. your enthusiasm is infectious!

GCN's "Bike shops of the World"...I'd watch that.

There is nothing in the world as beautiful as old campy.Another brilliant upload Jon.

Jon's excitement gave me goose bumps.

Still the best GCN video. Must have watched it 5 or 6 timers now! Bring him back to do an occasional special like this.

Beautiful bikes! Can't believe Indurain's bike. That's a place for a pilgramage! Thanks for showing these gems!

This is excellent, Jon's genuine, child like enthusiasm comes across with no faking. Fantastic!

That is pure bikepassion. Simply a pleasure to watch. Even my little daughter loved it, specially the gold parts ;)

This video takes me back. I was fortunate enough to own Rossin, Basso, and De Rosa frames always equipped with Campagnolo Super Record. Owned 'em, rode 'em, LOVED 'em. My last Italian Campy bike was the De Rosa and my gruppo options were Shimano or Campy. It was 1985. I put Campy on it so the heritage was dignified and never looked back. I loved those bikes and have always felt some soul was forever lost when index shifting and the latest of the latest became the standard approach. My Serrota carbon/titanium Ottrott is wonderful but it lacks that elan those old Italian rigs just oozed. Sigh.....

The best GCN ever. Genuine joy, love and respect for the best of bikes.

The carbon fibre Colnago with the 5-spoke wheels was something to behold. Amazing shop. Great video! Cheers Jon. I would have been drooling just the same.

Jon, you have to go into 100 bike shops and see the same bland models, to really appreciate this video and bike shop. You never see so many nice bikes in one place. thanks for sharing.

A big reason for the popularity of 24 inch front wheels was in team time trials. This allowed riders to draft even tighter.

Best ever GCNtech, more bike shop vids, more rebuild vids, more more more. Love your work. Best one? no I can not choose, no I will not choose I love em all. Especially the storage hanger of the Bianchi, definite Hack!

This has to be one of the most engaging videos ive ever watched. As a vintage lover myself I fully get how blown away you were to be up close to some of these bikes. Long live Campagnolo the absolute best..Colnago..and that Cinelli Laser TT...I wouldve lost it too...great vid Jon. 👍

I love all the vintage stuff! I remember all that tech coming out in the 80's and 90"s. Thanks for sharing!

The most amazing thing in that shop was your enthusiasm. It's contagious.

There's nothing more entertaining than Jon talking about retro tech!

I started riding in the early 1970s and I had owned a 1978 Colnago Super. This program brought me back to a great time in cycling and frame building. Thanks again!!

I don’t really care about bikes. But just watching someone so enthusiastic about it made me watch the whole thing.

I almost cry just by seen your passion for all those fabulous bikescycles!!! great video!!

Few people can truly appreciate this video & the history.

That is one of the wonders of the world that place.

As a Ferrari lover, the Colnago C35 with gold detailing hits all the right spot! Praise to you, Jon, for being able to maintain composure in this dream store!!! Absolutely blown away......

great shop, wish you had interviewed the owner! the man behind the dream

As someone who started racing in 1986, this is INCREDIBLE to see. I used to spend hours looking through magazines and catalogs at some of these frames and components. Every bike is amazing, I think the winner is that Cinelli Laser road: still one of the best looking frames ever, the Laser blue is incredible, 1st gen C-Record which is bar none the best looking group ever.

As a huge Campagnolo fan, this Corsa Corsa shop is now a bucket list visit for me. What a wonderful place filled with beautiful bikes fitted with gorgeous components. Thanks for sharing, Jon!

that Bianchi is the bike I dreamt of back in the mid 80s........

Favourite bit of tech: Jon Canning says Celeste is beautiful 18:35

Outstanding video Jon. Your genuine passion shines through, to the extent you even liked the beautiful Bianchi. One of the most gorgeous groups of bikes I have ever seen. One can only admire the detailed workmanship. Perhaps an example of the bicycle as an art form.

I love watching Jon get excited. Nobody on the planet loves bikes more than he does. Except maybe the owner of that incredible shop.

I didn't start riding until the early 2000s, then again in the last couple years. A few of these bikes are older than I am, but my first true road bike was a late 80s steel frame. As aero and lightweight as modern bikes are, and as smooth and plentiful as modern gears are, I still love the aesthetics and geometry of the older bikes. I can't explain why I love them, I just do.

To this date, still the best video gcn has ever done.

Amazing piece of documentary and history. Its amazing that nowadays i can watch something like that for free and that someone like you can get to those people and make a video about them and their work. Such a great times to live in.

Absolutely wonderful! When bikes were truly works of art.

Super happy for Jon getting to do this video.

Thanks Jon! Another fantastic video. Your enthusiasm is contagious. I grew up working in bike shops in the 80s. You are spot on with content for GCN's viewing demographic!

The most beautiful thing is that you get to Japan in a bike shop where the only spoken language is Campagnolo!!!! That's awesome!!!! I've lost my eyes on Bianchi Centenario. I love Bianchi!!!! I've been a rider myself on bianchi's bikes. I've notice something unusual: Indurain's bike you said from '96. Mounted a '94 cranckset. In '95 Record crankset changed shape with most rounded cranck arms. Probably it depends by Miguelon's preferences or by unavailabilty ok 180 mm long new kind of cranckset.... Who knows???

These bikes belong in a museum . I would be afraid to ride such a work of art for fear of even scratching it. Beautiful!

Art on wheels... simply beautiful!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I started cycling in 1980 and had much of the equipment in the video. It reminded me of how much better in every possible way equipment has gotten since then.

The first thing you see when you enter is OFF COURSE a COLNAGO. Pure love!

I don’t care for vintage bikes, but seeing Jon’s reactions is like seeing a kid finding the giant LEGO Death Star kit under the Christmas tree. Awesome and moving.

just stunning.

My mother lives near the shop! I didn't know that... After Covid I would definitely visit!

Thanks Jon. The beauty of the bikes and your passion made for an excellent video.

The beauty of these bikes cannot be matched by todays carbon bikes. Nothing even comes close to that Indurain bike, absolutely stunning....

I always enjoy Jon's enthusiasm for cool / old tech.

It's funny because I don't have much interest for vintage bikes but Jon's interest is contagious! He seems to be so happy that it makes me feel great haha :)

I think this has been the best GCN video for a while - the passion for bikes andour sports history really came over , well done Jon

CorsaCorsa content showed with true passion

Oh my god, I’ve just had a ‘gentleman moment” Thank you Jon, that is THE best video EVER to come from GCN Channel. I am now off to Instagram to find corsa corsa. I share that passion for Campagnolo. Thank you

Thank you GCN for this, dream come true.

Bike Heaven! Amazing stuff and very very very rare stuff too. Such beautiful handmade craftsmanship in those vintage days. These bicycles have soul unlike the mass production stuff of today.

wow, this is a super cool video. I didn't even know a place like that existed, let alone see all the cool stuff.

Can't get enough of this sort of content

Jon, your sheer delight and unbridled passion in this video touched new heights of enthusiasm. I loved it!! Made me think back to my bikes from the early eighties, 13-18 cassettes or 14-24, 52/42 and down tube gear shifters, one bike with internal tube cabling. Thank you!!

The light blue Rosin with orange bar tape. A thing of beauty. Looks like most of the bikes are from the 'golden' road era where Campagnolo were dominant. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Great store, great video

Jon, happiness brought to a whole other level! … and that Bianchi... amazing...

That was very enjoyable to watch. A bicycle art museum shop at it's best, and not so far from where I am living now. Thank You for showing us these wonderful bikes and where to find them.

I would be just as excited to visit that shop as Jon was. Excellent video!

Oh My. What a fantastic visit, Jon! Reading through the many comments, I saw - among other iconic references - "Ofmega." My first bicicletta in Regione Puglia (Carovigno) was a low-end, but still very serviceable for this then neophyte, "Moser 51.151" with Ofmega group. That was the bike that started what still goes on for me today: My love of all things Italian related to two-wheels (en la cucina). Thanks for the video, Jon.

I love how passionate you are, Jon! This videos are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think if GCN goes somewhere they have never been before they should get a souvenir of a bike part or bike related .

I rip on the modern production bikes because of their price tags and what you actually get but these vintage bikes have stood the test of time and beauty. It wouldn't phase me to pay a fortune to own one of these bikes. When these reviewers produce videos that say Dream Bike Build those are not the bikes of my dreams. I love the campy 1983 to 1985 stuff and still look for it.

Good to see that Jon is as much a bike geek as many of us are. Bravo Jon The special Bianchi has a black chrome finish popular at the time. I was lucky to ride Clement Criterium seta tires on my 1975 Raleigh Competition.

Lived outside of Tokyo for five years and this is typical Japanese style...they have such attention do detail in all that they do. They take pride in their work from a bike artist like this to a cleaner. There is respect for all and something we could use over here in America to say the least.

I've never seen Jon this happy!

One of the best show you ever made

Jon knows his bike tech history, that's for sure. Great stuff.

Although the 24" front wheel would have enabled a lower bar position, even more important, in the minds of the designers, was that it allowed riders to draft that much closer in the team time trial.

What a wonderful video, it’s so great to see such genuine passion and joy from Jon.

there are shops like that all over Japan for every type of fandom! The people are super meticulous in what ever they : work, hobby, have an interest, in... 100% hearing you gush, brings back memories of when I have walked in to random Auto shops and the classic period parts they are stored away for safe keeping.

Fantastic video. Heart warming and very touching. Sitting at home we could participate in such splendour. My favourite is Bianchi Centenario. A timeless classic. But they are all beautiful. Thanks, John

Having grown up in cycling in the 80s this was a fantastic ride back in history. Thanks Jon!

Watching this video felt like time travelling ... I'm speechless.

A mechanic in Vancouver sold me one of Jon's hypothetical 13-18 Campagnolo freewheels for $25 because I was poor and he couldn't sell it. Combined with 52-42 chainrings and youthful enthusiasm, I forced the cranks around and became strong, if not smart. Grinding up a short steep hill one morning, I learned that it was possible to snap a Campy cog loose from the freewheel if one tried hard enough. There was no proper bike shop in the town I was working in at the time, so I had to suffer a 13-17 straight block til the job ended and I got back to Vancouver. On the bright side, I now had money for a freewheel that wasn't a knee punishing monster.

What a great video! modern aerobikes are cool, but these old bikes are just a work of art.

Jon respectfully you should write a book about all the really cool bike componentry out there. Good program today.