ABSTRACT
All week long, an anxious Mo had been frequently stopping by the lab to see what Vinnie was up to. He could follow Vinnie’s tinkering, even though Vinnie said little when he saw him. Vinnie continued to tune up race bikes during the day, but Mo noticed more and more parts showing up at Vinnie’s workbench, including a gear mechanism from a hand drill. Mo also had noticed an old-style steel frame with steel pedal arms, a used rear wheel with an internal three-gear mechanism, and a large collection of steel gear wheels in many sizes and configurations. Midday Saturday, Mo heads to his parent’s villa that overlooks Lake Garda in the resort town of Peschiera del Garda, which is less than an hour’s drive from Mo’s apartment. Mo eats dinner with his parents at least once a week and usually takes home more food than he can consume in a week.
