Does anybody know this Italian bicycle?
08-03-07, 06:06 AM
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Does anybody know this Italian bicycle?
Hello! Greetings from Vienna, Austria - I just googled around & thought this would be the right place for my question, as I am a real dummy in the field of vintage bikes. By chance I got this Italian "OLMO" bike with Compagnolo Nuovo Gran Sport group. Does anybody know how old this might be? Does it have any value for a collector or so or was this just a cheap mass-bike or so? Thanks for your help!
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Olmo's are nice Italian bikes. One like that with campy GS components is not the "top of the line" model, but not the bottom either. It would be nice to know what the tubing was made from, there should be a decal on the bike giving the brand of tubing, at least if it was Columbus tubing. As for age, sometime in the 70's would be indicated. There should be date marks on the campy components, one of the easiest to find is the one on the back of the crank arms. In this case probably a number in a square, such as a "7" in a square, which would indicate 1977. Also, there may be a date on the Nuovo GS rear derailler, on the top of it. Not sure on that. There are even date stamps on the nuts on the campy axles, so you should have plenty of places to look. Nice bike!
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Hy thanks for your fast answers. I am just out of home but have another two photos on my laptop which I try to post now. Good to hear that it is a "nice piece" otherwise I would have given it away for $ 50 or so, but I will keep it better then as it really looks nice.
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Olmos are nice bikes. They always seem to command good prices on eBay auctions.
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Definitely a nice looking bike and worth more than $50!
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Hy again! Thanks to this great forum I found out more. It is an OLMO "Super Gentleman" - https://bulgier.net/pics/bike/Catalogs/olmo2/8.jpg - I will post better photos soon. Today I had my first ride on this nice bike, although it seems to have been in quite heavy use through the last 3 decades it was a pleasure to ride approx. 80 kilometers today through the "Wienerwald" on this Italian "Super Gentleman" 
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Man what'chew mean??
Like the other poster said, Olmo was all over the spectrum, but I 've never seen a poorly constructed Olmo. They were all good Italian bikes, and Guiseppe Olmo had quite a reputation as a frames builder in years past, even building bikes for pro riders that were later re-badged.
If you absolutely, positively just have to sell it, then do the humanitarian thing and sell it to me.
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If it fits ride the hell out of it...you could probably even sell the parts on ebay to fund a modern groupo...I know that is blasphemy to this forum but period correct Campagnolo is just too rich for my blood. If I had any of it I'd sell it and buy 4 or 5 times the amount of Shimano 105 components I would.
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Man what'chew mean??
Like the other poster said, Olmo was all over the spectrum, but I 've never seen a poorly constructed Olmo. They were all good Italian bikes, and Guiseppe Olmo had quite a reputation as a frames builder in years past, even building bikes for pro riders that were later re-badged.
If you absolutely, positively just have to sell it, then do the humanitarian thing and sell it to me.
Like the other poster said, Olmo was all over the spectrum, but I 've never seen a poorly constructed Olmo. They were all good Italian bikes, and Guiseppe Olmo had quite a reputation as a frames builder in years past, even building bikes for pro riders that were later re-badged.
If you absolutely, positively just have to sell it, then do the humanitarian thing and sell it to me.
