History of Rampí

We all know someone who, due to certain circumstances in life, has been given a nickname. It can be because of a physical feature that makes it characteristic or because it is given to him by family inheritance, or for any other reason that we can't even imagine right now.

One of these reasons, probably little known today, was the fact of living in a farmhouse or as we say in these regions, a farmer's house. As little as one takes an interest in these matters, one will know that these types of properties have a name of their own that identifies them and has identified them for all intents and purposes throughout time.

In this way, the people who lived in one of these peasant houses were called by the nickname of the house in question. Many of these people eventually kept the nickname long after they left and started a new life in the nearest towns.

Joan Tenas (1923-2017)

One of these people was my grandfather Joan Tenas Freixa who lived and worked as a masover in the Rampí house on the road to Les Llosses until he married my grandmother Remei Puig Armengol and together embarked on a new stage in the Botey colony of Ripoll where they lived and worked for the rest of their lives.

So, as can be seen from the previous explanation, my grandfather was known as the Rampí, the name with which we named this project. We wanted the name to be meaningful, and not only for us, but also for all those people who pass by and identify with the past, because you are aware that without the past we would not be here or there we would be the way we are.

Without the iron bikes of yesteryear there wouldn't be the carbon bikes of today, without the wrought iron tools of yesteryear there wouldn't be the alloy tools of today, and without the bike repair people of before there wouldn't be the people who fix bikes now either.

El Rampí was one of those people who fixed bicycles, and he did it after his working day at the Botey factory spending hours in the motorcycle and bicycle workshop "El Hogar del Motor", curiously also known for the same reason; el Puntí, nickname of its promoter Josep Palau, who was originally from this house.

El Rampí Cycling (2022)

On March 3, 2023, despite having spent almost a year gestating and building the project, we inaugurated "El Rampí Cycling" the new "Cycling Cult Center" in Ripoll. A space that aims to be a meeting place for all concerns and sensibilities related to the world of cycling.

The space is made up of a large bicycle workshop, a display of spare parts, components and accessories, a new and second-hand bicycle exhibition space and a multipurpose room for courses, talks, biomechanical studies, etc. 

We are at the disposal of all those who have or want to have a bicycle and need anything related to it, and they like to be treated with the utmost professionalism, transparency and kindness.

We invite you to visit our/your space dedicated to bicycles. With all of this, we wanted to create a welcoming and meeting place, where your bike is treated with the same respect as the memory of those who are no longer physically with us but who with initiatives like this will always live on in our memory.

Francesc X. Bonada Tenas

Founder