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We’re back to Work

During our 2 month lockdown we worked from home, shipped from Denmark, raised money for our hospital and produced valves for breathing equipment and face protection. Now we're back to work.

Text by René Wiertz - 04 May 2020

Today we are back to work at our Italian head office & factory in Bergamo. With many safety measures in place, such as wearing masks all day, people sitting spread out over the office,  wearing gloves at lunch and cleaning desks, keyboards and door handles several times a day. But that’s fine, safety first; we are simply happy to see each other again, go biking and serve our customers. It has been a long wait.

We didn’t sit still though during this lockdown. In March we raised € 25.000 together with Elite for our hosipital in Bergamo. We stopped making cranks at our factory and used our equipment and resources to produce valves for breathing equipment, and once we produced enough of these valves, we moved on to make facial protection. Our Taiwan team raised money to buy masks, which we donated to the community. We even did a virtual launch of our new handlebar line-up.

Today we re- start the production of Torno cranks in our factory. And we start very cautiously.

To celebrate our re-opening and to thank our loyal customers for their support these past months, we wanted to do something special. Bergamo is the place were Arlecchino (Harlequin) was born in medieval times. When you enter Bergamo by car or bike, you can see his statue at the roundabout.

PULCINELLA (Napoli) ARLECCHINO (Bergamo)

He wears a beautiful colored costume with red, green, yellow, blue triangles, completed by a black mask. The colors of Arlecchino reflect all colors of his character.

We will be producing a limited edition ‘Exploro Arlecchino’ to celebrate our re-opening!

For this unique edition, we go all out: Sram Force/Eagle AXS 12-speed electronic group,  3T DiscusPlus i28 LTD carbon wheels (a little different than shown in these renderings), the latest Aeroghiaia handlebar and the VERY FIRST Torno crank that comes out of our re-started factory. Total value is EUR/USD 8,500.

The draw is now closed, but the Exploro Arlecchino is available as a limited edition. Just contact us for more information.

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2,710 responses to “We’re back to Work”

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    David says:

    04 May 2020

    Your company is an inspiration!

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  2. ATurner says:

    04 May 2020

    Looks stunning!

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    Geoff Pradine says:

    04 May 2020

    Welcome back 3T. Molto Bello! Stay safe, and be well. Much love from Canada.

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  4. Marco Simone Gili says:

    04 May 2020

    WoW 👍 amazing initiative!! Good luck and welcome back to the HQ

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    Ede says:

    04 May 2020

    That would give a lot of smiling faces on my rides!

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    Grant says:

    04 May 2020

    Stunning bike. Should do me well for the beautiful trails we have around Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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    Caius says:

    04 May 2020

    Wonderful to see you are open again. All the best to the entire team!!

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    Dan says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome looking bike.
    Welcome back from the lock down and be safe

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    Wouter says:

    04 May 2020

    WOW what a beautiful bike, just to be sure added my name again

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    timotei says:

    04 May 2020

    ooohhh my god !

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    Gennadiy says:

    04 May 2020

    Always liked your design.

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    Steffen Siebert says:

    04 May 2020

    Very nice Bike, i love it ! 😍🥰

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    Coen says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome

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    Dan says:

    04 May 2020

    Such a awesome idea! Love the cycling community!

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    Domenico Cavaliere says:

    04 May 2020

    Amazing story, nothing can stop you and 3T is going from strength to strength …

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    Mario says:

    04 May 2020

    Stupenda

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    Daveybaa says:

    04 May 2020

    Stunning bike and glad to hear everyone is keeping safe!

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    Lau Caspersen says:

    04 May 2020

    In these times, its good that you cant change production.
    Denmark couldnt help, which was terrible.
    So sad. Hope you are ok

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    Willem says:

    04 May 2020

    Dream bike!!

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  20. M

    MIKE says:

    04 May 2020

    Beautiful bike!

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    Jose Morales says:

    04 May 2020

    That bike will look amazing rolling on the Costarican mountains #3Texploro

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  22. René van Noort says:

    04 May 2020

    😍😍 if you can fall in love at a bike i just did 😍😍 the story of the colours makes it complete, did not know that! The statue i know from a biketrip Nice how you make this a round story in these times 🍀
    I wish you all the best. Corona gives is a separate look at the same things. Lets hope a lot of good will come out of all the sadness.

    Have a safe ride together 🚴🏻‍♀️🚵‍♂️ Wish you all the best for your friends and Family! Good you’re back 👍🏻

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    René van Noort says:

    04 May 2020

    😍😍 if you can fall in love at a bike i just did 👍🏻😀 the story of the colours makes it complete, did not know that! The statue i know from a biketrip Nice how you make this a round story in these Strange times 🍀

    I wish you all the best. Corona gives/brings a separate look at the same things. Lets hope also good things will come out of all the sadness Corona brought to us. In that case it is has been good for something. Lets hope!!
    All the best to you all and your friends and Family. Have a safe ride 🚵‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️!!

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    Chris says:

    04 May 2020

    I really really want that next to my Strada!

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    Kevin McKenna says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome paint job

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  26. T

    Thomas Müller says:

    04 May 2020

    What a fantastic bike!👍

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  27. R

    Raymond Trainor says:

    04 May 2020

    Cool

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  28. A

    Ale says:

    04 May 2020

    Il miglior modo per ripartire dopo la quarantena è sopra una sella, coi piedi che frecciano sui pedali

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  29. S

    Stephan Sadlowski says:

    04 May 2020

    Power in the Darkness. You fight the fight and you win.

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    Otto Paaso says:

    04 May 2020

    Great story and amazing bikes 😍 about to get my Strada any day now 😎

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  31. M

    Mosè Marchetto says:

    04 May 2020

    Culture and technology in only one bike!!

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    Garenne says:

    04 May 2020

    Thé very Beautiful bike

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    Guido says:

    04 May 2020

    Grandi! Se la vinco, farò comunque una donazione, essere vicini a chi ci ha aiutato è il minimo!

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    Nick Stuifbergen says:

    04 May 2020

    Welcome back in your office! Now let’s make some more amazing bikes for your fans❤️

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  35. B

    Brandon says:

    04 May 2020

    What a gorgeous bike!

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  36. E

    Ernst Pieter Bakker says:

    04 May 2020

    Un bicicletta come in la commedia Dell Ar(te)lecchino Bravo

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    Jesse Gomez says:

    04 May 2020

    Thank you for the opportunity/chance to win this “Beautiful” bicycle! The paint job on this bicycle is not only unique but absolutely beautiful!

    Reply
  38. S

    Simon Kemp says:

    04 May 2020

    3T Exploro! There is no other bike I have seen or ridden that gives me the same joy. Living in Cape Town, South Africa, we don’t get to see a lot of them. I have tried saving up for one for years now, but family always comes first so I still don’t have one! I truly find this bike more remarkable than OPEN U.P. or any other iconic gravel bike. I truly hope I have some luck as owning this bike would be my dream!!!!

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    mathieu says:

    04 May 2020

    Such a generous contest! Happy that you guys are all back working together as a family!

    Reply
  40. Thomas L says:

    04 May 2020

    👌

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    Darius Pearson says:

    04 May 2020

    Great Job!!

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    walshman70 says:

    04 May 2020

    Great way to celebrate! And gorgeous machine.

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  43. L

    Luca says:

    04 May 2020

    Amazing

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  44. E

    Elisabeth Primavers says:

    04 May 2020

    Love This Bike!

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  45. F

    Francesc de Bolos Pi says:

    04 May 2020

    Amazing

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    Christian Braegger says:

    04 May 2020

    Fantastic bike!

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    Rafael Reig says:

    04 May 2020

    I’ve been racing Gerard’s bikes for 15 years.
    The Exploro is my grail bike right now. I would love to ride one for years to come

    Reply
  48. R

    Richard Collingridge says:

    04 May 2020

    Smashing bit of kit

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    Yevhen says:

    04 May 2020

    ❤️

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    André Jaramillo says:

    04 May 2020

    Nice paint Job !

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  51. S

    Simon says:

    04 May 2020

    Love it guys 🙂

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  52. E

    Ellie says:

    04 May 2020

    A really cool bike!

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  53. O

    Oscar says:

    04 May 2020

    Thanks 3T

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    David Kemp says:

    04 May 2020

    Fantastic to hear you are able to return to work. Best wishes to you, Bergamo and the whole of Italy.

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    Emiliano says:

    04 May 2020

    Let’s get this party started!

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    thurlow rogers says:

    04 May 2020

    g

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    Christian Braegger says:

    04 May 2020

    Great!

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    George says:

    04 May 2020

    Thank you!
    A great action!

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  59. M

    Matt Anastasiades says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome Bike!

    Reply
  60. Valerio says:

    04 May 2020

    Good luck everyone!

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  61. R

    Rich says:

    04 May 2020

    Cool bike

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    Tim Ehlers says:

    04 May 2020

    Wow! You have fantastic designs, and this one is marvellous.

    Great to learn what you have been doing during the lockdown. It is very impressive and maybe a sign of Italian entrepreneurship and how busy you kept yourselves. Another, much bigger wow!

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    Anabela says:

    04 May 2020

    Great comment

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    Woodie says:

    04 May 2020

    I ride an Aero so this would do very nicely on the gravel, grazie

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    Anabela says:

    04 May 2020

    Great bike!

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    Adriano Barrero says:

    04 May 2020

    Meraviglioso!!!! Vi seguo dalla Colombia e vorrei approfittarne l’opportunità per tutto quello che avete fatto , è bello vedere come una azienda aiuta la sua gente !!! Sarei molto fiero di mostrare i vostri prodotti nella Colombia 🙂

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  67. A

    Artur Teles says:

    04 May 2020

    Nice bike

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    Tommaso says:

    04 May 2020

    😲

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    Janos Roman says:

    04 May 2020

    forza 3t!!!

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    Janos Roman says:

    04 May 2020

    forza 3t

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    Michael Roberts says:

    04 May 2020

    Stunning Bicycle !

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    Bronson says:

    04 May 2020

    Thank you

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    Lolo says:

    04 May 2020

    Seems there is a General Error when entering my email for the contest 😢

    Reply
  74. R

    Richard Lyell says:

    04 May 2020

    Top comp!

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    Ari Abraham says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome!

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    Marta Szczecina says:

    04 May 2020

    The EXPLORO is the best-known of the 3T bikes from the Italian comedian dell’arte.

    Reply
  77. Barry says:

    04 May 2020

    Looks stunning

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    JR Arcilla says:

    04 May 2020

    Buona fortuna

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    Federico Navarro G says:

    04 May 2020

    Gorgeous!!!

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    Nick says:

    04 May 2020

    Stunning!

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    Adriaan Lategan says:

    04 May 2020

    Really cool. Hope I win

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    GX says:

    04 May 2020

    Stay safe & Thank you for this great gesture!

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  83. M

    Matthew says:

    04 May 2020

    I love 3T

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    Holt says:

    04 May 2020

    Such a rad bike!

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    AndyD says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome Bike!👌

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    John G. Hintz says:

    04 May 2020

    Thank you. Best wishes back at work!

    Reply
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    Philip Ruijs says:

    04 May 2020

    That’s a very nice limited edition!!

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    Jeff says:

    04 May 2020

    Awesome!

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    Jeff Pan says:

    04 May 2020

    Nice bike and good luck everyone

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    Gavin James says:

    04 May 2020

    Bravo 3T… inspiring team and an exceptional bike! Stay safe and good luck everyone.

    Reply
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    Zak says:

    04 May 2020

    Such a nice bike!

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    Mauro says:

    04 May 2020

    Great Idea!

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    Paul says:

    04 May 2020

    Italian stallion.

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    Damiano says:

    04 May 2020

    Excellent bikes and good idea! Compliments

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    Lillie Bonham says:

    04 May 2020

    3t is the best ❤️

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    Ty says:

    04 May 2020

    Sweet

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    Bryce Nickels says:

    04 May 2020

    Wow!

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    Alex baker says:

    04 May 2020

    I love 3t and I’ve just had my bike stolen 😪

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    1. Gerard Vroomen says:

      04 May 2020

      It wasn’t us, we have an alibi: we were inside for 2 months.

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    Will says:

    04 May 2020

    I can’t subscribe

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    1. Gerard Vroomen says:

      04 May 2020

      Hi Will, try this link: https://company.3t.bike/newsletter/

      Reply
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    Adriaan says:

    04 May 2020

    This is an awesome bike and a very cool design

    Reply
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