Anyone else remember when Bicycle Parts Pacific imported only one model of Olmo and only painted all white, but that you could pick between Galli parts groups anodized in gold, red, blue, black or silver?
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, T-shirts and Campagnolo Timeline)
youngc@NetReach.Net wrote:
>
> Galli was probably the league leader in anodizing everything that held still
> long enough for them to throw it in the plating bath. I think it was their
> Criterium group that was available in gold and a number of other colors. I have
> a gold crankset and brakeset and may, someday, run across the matching
> derailleurs and shifters.
>
> Charlie Young
> Honeybrook, PA
>
> >
> > A while back I picked up a nice set of gold anodized modolo speedy brakes.
> Then I noticed
> my LBS has some nice gold sew-up rims kicking around. This got me thinking
> about a
> "theme" project bike, using a variety of gold anodized components (probably on
> a black
> frame). I've seen pics of a
> > very cool gold Galli crankset (pretty rare I'm sure). What other vintage
> components came
> in gold when coloured anodizing was the in thing??
> >
> > Ron Cooley
> > Saskatoon Canada