I think Jerry mentioned me. Mr. Galmozzi told me Van Looy won the
world championship in 1960 or 1961 with Faema -Galmozzi bicycle.
And Chuck Schmidt showed us a photo of Van Looy riding a Flandria
in 1961 or 1962 which seemed to have same color scheme as that of
typical Galmozzi. Then I asked Mr. Galmozzi whether Van Looy's
bike had decals of Galmozzi or not but he did not reply.
Galmozzi frames after 1960s had the world champion bands. When
an OEM bike (a Flandria by Galmozzi) won , the true builder could
put the bands on his frames? I don't know the rule.
Takao Noda
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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> think someone stated in a post a few months ago that Galmozzi
actually built
> the Frandria-marked frame for one of the stars of the team. I
think I would
> investigate the bike for sale and pick it up if it were a top
model cheap in
> my size.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MasiGC3V@aol.com [mailto:MasiGC3V@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 9:46 AM
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] FLANDRIA INFO NEEDED
>
>
> Stumbled upon a Flandria for sale cheap this weekend --
advertised as 70s
> vintage, all original, purchased then rarely ridden. I know
nothing of these
>
> and was hoping someone might steer me to a source for
information. Dale's
> site has some photos and Sheldon's site has only one brief
comment. This
> indicates to me that the Flandria was no great shakes, but
perhaps I've
> found
> the Flandria Holy Grail? :)
>
> Going out to see it this morning.... Taking the pickup truck --
in case I
> need to visit the landfill on the way home.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlo Carr
> New Orleans