My first catalogue of "Brügelmann" (mail order company) dated from 1983 and had the 2001 "Superfly" model in the italian national team's red-white-green color scheme. I remember that, because, had i had the money, that would have been mine :-) i think i remember there also was a red-white-blue version available, but i might be mistaken.
Martin Appel late autumn in Munich, Germany
loudeeter@aol.com schrieb:
>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