CT SCUDERIA HISTORY
[Enrico Margaritelli]
Enrico Margaritelli was born in Parma, Italy, a city with a thriving watch industry.
His grandfather was a watchmaker who used his highly skilled skills to create precision timepieces for the army during World War I and World War II.
Enrico himself deepened his knowledge of the watch industry by working with Philippe Starck and Giorgio Armani.
He has also collaborated on watches with Diesel founder Enzo Rosso and Burberry CEO Rose-Marie Bravo.
On the other hand, Enrico, who also has a background as a professional motorcycle racer, was attracted to the reckless and individualistic "cafe racer style" of cafe racers who race on public roads on bikes customized for racing.
The rugged yet aggressive cafe racer style is perfectly embodied in the brand he created, CT Scuderia.
[Cafe Racer]
London, England, mid-1950s.
At the time, ACE CAFE LONDON was the only cafe in London that was open 24 hours a day, and young people clad in biker jackets would gather there every night.
They began showing off their custom bikes and eventually came to be known as Café Racers.
Jukebox Race starts when you put a coin into the jukebox and the song starts.
North Circular Road in front of the cafe is a perfect race course for them, attracting many spectators.
However, many young people lost their lives in dangerous races on public roads.
At the time in Britain, where it was expected that men of all ages would wear suits, their style and dangerous behavior was considered antisocial and became a social issue that was even discussed in Parliament.
He was a clergyman, a Church of England priest, and a motorcycle enthusiast.
The eccentric priest, who wears a leather jacket over his priestly robes and rides his beloved Triumph Speed Twin, quickly becomes friends with the young people.
He is considering ways to educate and rehabilitate young people who have become a social problem through motorcycles.
They were trying to create a healthy environment for young bikers.
In 1959, he founded the 59CLUB, a youth club for bikers.
Every Saturday night, the church was opened for club meetings, with live bands, dance parties, and sometimes even weddings for members.
His activities gradually became known to the public, with newspaper articles featuring young people attending church services before touring, and the name of 59CLUB became known not only in London but throughout the UK, growing into one of the largest motorcycle clubs in the UK.
For young people at the time, it was a status symbol to sew a patch with the number "59" on it onto their leather jacket, which could be obtained by joining the 59CLUB.
As times changed, ACE CAFE LONDON, which had been the center of the story, also closed in 1969.
However, it was revived in 2001 by Mark Willsmore, a former mounted police officer who loves Ace Cafe.
Even today, it remains a mecca for cafe racers and attracts many visitors.
Their custom style, which was based on the concepts of "sleeker, faster, and more unique," has been established as a genre known as "cafe racer" to this day.
A typical cafe racer is the Triton, which mounted a Triumph engine on a Norton Featherbed frame.
Triton stands for Triumph + Norton, and by combining the best parts from each manufacturer, a high-performance machine that did not exist before was created.