Originally Posted by repechage

An Olmo from the 50's or early 60's would be nice to have and unless you are very lucky not going to arrive cheap. I do not know there history but for a while they were out of business I believe, at least that was the comment from the bike shops when I was looking for my first road bike and had read that they were a good brand. In the late 70's-80's there was a revival of the brand for sure, to my mind it was in name only and only occasionally did I feel the bikes were special. I would not be surprised if they were contract built at that point.