Just Picked This Olmo Up
09-24-20, 10:23 AM
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Just Picked This Olmo Up
I picked this up for it's parts group and am trying to figure out a little more about it. It doesn't have any tubing decals. I contacted Red Rose Import to get a little information on it. In that conversation it looks like it is supposed to be an SLX frame. When I look down the seat tube I don't see any of the ribbing and I didn't feel any from the bottom bracket. I'm wondering if anyone here has any thoughts or information?
09-29-20, 03:25 PM
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No one seems to have any information here on the forum and I hadn't been able to find any online information on this frame so decided to stop in to ERA Cycles who are the retail outlet here in Lancaster for Red Rose Imports who have been the importers for OLMO for many years. I brought the frame into the shop and asked if they knew anything about the frame. He said I sure do, he was very involved in this model. He said they had received a communication from OLMO in 2010 that they had found several sets of lugs for standard tubing and would Red Rose like to do a special run of lugged frames. This is one of those frames. They were built with SL and SLX tubing and this was one of the SL frames. He went on to explain the very good fork and how they did special decals and other feature. So it was great to get information on the frame so I have confidence in what I have.
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Olmos come up on here but I don’t think most of us know a lot about them. They are kinda like Moser, they made great bikes sometimes with different types of tubing so it can be hard to keep track of models.
this looks like a very nice frame/fork.
this looks like a very nice frame/fork.
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09-30-20, 07:12 AM
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My plan is to sell it as it doesn't fit me, I also had a post on the appraisal forum looking to get something on value. I had posted here as I just wanted to get an idea on what I had. I'm a premium member so will probably put a post on that.
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I put it up on the for sale forum.
