I once owned one of these, although the blue Galli parts came in a box with it, as the previous owner had switched everything to mostly panto'd Super Record on the bike, and the Columbus decal was typical for a full SL frame. I sold that bike to the folks who had previously been the importer for Olmo, that biz name escapes me, but they were in SoCal, I think the San Diego area. Brian B? Others? Someone help me with that importer/distributor. Bicycle Parts Pacific - was that it? They had sold the business a few years earlier and it had moved to Colo, iirc. This would have been in the late 90's I think.
Greg Overton cobwebs in the bell tower, near Denver, Colorado, USA
Quoting loudeeter@aol.com:
> The Olmo Firenze was offered in at least 1985-86. Main tubes were
> Columbus SL, although I don't know whether that was a tretubi set.
> The ones I recall were offered in pearl white with choice of either
> blue or red anodized Galli parts groups, including the rims. One of
> the bike magazines did a road test in about 1986 on it and I loved
> the look. I had recently purchased a new bike and recall thinking
> that had the Firenze been available, I would have bought it instead
> of the bike I did buy. I suspect other colors were offered, but I
> just don't have knowledge of that off the top of my head and I'm too
> lazy to find that road test in my magazine archive. Lou Deeter,
> Orlando FL USA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Crowell <retroguybilly@gmail.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 9:23 am
> Subject: [CR] Olmo Firenze
>
>
> Note to Gary Crocker: I'm an Olmo fan too, Gary (right now the only Olmo in
> my stable is one of their tandems), but I'm not familiar with the "Firenze"
> model. Since the main Olmo factory is in Celle Liguria ("Ligurian prison",
> *i.e.*, where the Roman prison was located), I guess they chose Florence for
> the model name because naming a model after their home town wouldn't have
> gone over too well. Would *you* buy a "*Prison*" model Olmo?
>
> Bill Crowell
> Diamond Springs, California