<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w169.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/7a3ba1c0.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/gholl_photos/?action=view¤t=7a3ba1c0.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div> While in Madrid last week I was finally able to get some photos of a few period masterpieces built by Enrique Otero. This pista captivated me. It was built from Swedish tubing. I very much like the O (for Otero) shaped chainstay bridge, the seatstay bridge and the seat stay caps-all signature details. The finish was achieved by a special polishing technique. The stem and bars are handmade. The little bike engraving is another Otero symbol. This bike was ridden by a number of professionals, including Bahamontes, a close friend of Otero. There is period documentation-a newspaper article. The current shop on the street Segovia only sells contemporary bikes now-Trek is their biggest seller. English is not spoken and the vintage bikes are not on display-with the exception of the 1990 Olympic One Km Pursuit winning cycle and a few other Off Topic machines. I have more pictures of other even earlier Otero bikes and additional information if anyone should be interested. George
George Hollenberg MD
CT, USA