Yes, those red/white/blue American flag framesets were available to the public - I remember a couple of them hanging from the wall at SoloSports in Hyde Park (Cincinnati), and a couple of regional guys raced on them. They were also available in Italian Flag scheme.
One of the local riders had one, and would go on to claim that he had raced (under an assumed name) on the 1984 Olympic squad, and later for Hitachi in Europe. I wonder if it was the same guy LOL.
Didjaevernotice how liars and American Flag paint schemes go together?
Aldo Ross
BlueBall, Ohio
> I just received a Gianni Motta with the U.S. red/white/blue flag pattern
paint job. The seller told me that it had been owned by an Olympian, who
she thought had ridden in the 84 Olympics. At Cirque, Brian Hammill brought
four or five Gianni Motta bikes for sale and one was a larger red/white/blue
model that one of the listmembers bought. Brian also thought that these
bikes with this paint were for the U.S. Olympic team members, but he didn't
know whether they were actually ridden in the Olympic road race. I don't
recall ever hearing that U.S. team members rode Motta bikes as any type of
sponsorship so I'm clueless about this information. Were Motta frames
available to the public with this paint? If they were given to U.S.
Olympic Team members, was it 1984? I'm also in need of Gianni Motta
pantographed seatpost, brakes and shift levers if anyone has them for sale.
Lou Deeter, Orlando FL