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Old 10-25-07 | 07:04 AM
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Picchio Special
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From: Lancaster County, PA

Bikes: '39 Hobbs, '58 Marastoni, '73 Italian custom, '75 Wizard, '76 Wilier, '78 Tom Kellogg, '79 Colnago Super, '79 Sachs, '81 Masi Prestige, '82 Cuevas, '83 Picchio Special, '84 Murray-Serotta, '85 Trek 170, '89 Bianchi, '90 Bill Holland, '94 Grandis

Galmozzis are fairly rare and are getting more and more collectible as more folks hear about them. They are very nicely made bikes. They certainly deserve to be mentioned with any of the other top small Italian builders. The famous rooster headbadge is actually a play on the maker's name: gallo = rooster, mozzi = hub. The headbadge is a rooster astride a hub. I would love to own a Galmozzi, and have been on the lookout for one for some time. That and a Picchio Special were at the top of my Italian desirable list - guess which one I found first. I've seen one up close that dates from the early 70's - very nicely made and well-finished, though not as filed to death as one would expect from an Eisentraut or Carlsbad Masi. Just really nice, handmade, small-producer Italian steel.

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