Re: [CR]1950's Galmozzi Super Competizione

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]1950's Galmozzi Super Competizione
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:07:38 -0800
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Steven Maasland wrote:
> I received three off-list messages about the Galmozzi logo which
> you can see on my bike here:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/maasland/1975-Galmozzi/
> Head_tube_Rooster_decal.jpg.html
>
> I personally think that the logo is extremely appropriate and shows
> that the Galmozzi had a good sense of humor. The logo depicts a
> rooster standing on a bicycle hub. In Italian, a rooster is a
> 'Gallo'. It is also used to describe a 'cocky' male, or somebody
> who is very self-assured. In Italian, a hub is a 'mozzo' (the
> plural being 'mozzi'), so the design is quite clever and unique.
> Another reason to like Galmozzi bikes.

To my knowledge, Galmozzi is the only bike to ever have a rebus (a representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols, often presented as a puzzle) for a headbadge! Does anyone know of another?

When I saw a Galmozzi for the first time at a trade show in the late 1970s they looked extremely retrograde to me... looked like a throwback to the late fifties or early sixties. Then I read Takao Noda's posts about living in Milan in the early 80s and hanging around Lupo Mascheroni and Angelo Galmozzi and my opinion about Galmozzi did a 180!!!

Takao Noda's posts: <http://search.bikelist.org/?SearchString=&MsgFrom=Takao% 20Noda&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba%5D>

Funny how things change.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)