3T Strada Due

During my tests with the 3T Strada Due, I couldn’t help thinking about the homeware company Alessi. It isn’t quite as random a leap as it first seems – both are iconic Italian companies and both have classic designs that have become synonymous with the brand.

Alessi has its Juicy Salif lemon squeezer and 9093 Whistling Bird kettle; 3T has its Record 78 stem and, most recently, its Strada frameset. When it comes to product practicality, however, the brands couldn’t be more different. Alessi’s Juicy Salif juicer, resembling as it does a Martian machine from , is so ungainly it is virtually