Re: [CR] Olmo Special q / Sloane / CONI

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Ideale)

Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:07:16 -0700
From: "J Sexton" <jvs@sonic.net>
To: Ken Freeman <kenfreeman096@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Olmo Special q / Sloane / CONI


Hey thanks all for the response and info. Must be my lucky day. I found the pedals! And they are indeed Sheffields.

Jay Sexton Sebastopol, CA

Ken Freeman wrote:
> I guess I'm not to familiar with yours, but I've mainly seen them sold
> as frames, which means anything could have been used. Did it have a
> cotterred crank like an FB or Magistroni? If so, I'd definitely scare
> up a set of Sheffield's or similar. But Campy's early pedals dated
> into the mid-60s, didn't they?
>
> Ken Freeman
> Ann Arbor, MI USA
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Emilio Bozzi <emiliobozzi@hotmail.com
> <mailto:emiliobozzi@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> most likey had Way-Assuato or Sheffields, assuming the rest of the
> grouppo was not full campy.
>
> based upon your description below, it sounds pre-70
> best regards-
> Nels Cone
> Seattle WA
>
> > Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:24:15 -0700
> > From: jvs@sonic.net <mailto:jvs@sonic.net>
> > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> <mailto:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> > Subject: [CR] Olmo Special q / Sloane / CONI
> >
> > Interesting discussion kicked off by Eugene Sloanes book. Don't have
> > the time to read much more of it, but I'm curious if anyone has
> a copy
> > of Sloanes book for sale? Perusing my bicycle book collection, I see
> > that I am missing that book.
> >
> > Phil Brown; what is the CONI book you mention?
> >
> > I'm finally getting around to putting the OLMO Special together
> that I
> > have been carting around for years and discovered that the
> pedals have
> > gone awol. To those knowledgeable, did the Special have Olmo branded
> > pedals? The hubs, headset, seat collar, and crank arms are branded
> > Olmo. If not branded Olmo, what pedals would have been
> appropriate for
> > the Special?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Jay Sexton
> > Sebastopol, CA
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