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Old 04-14-21, 10:02 AM
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Italian folding bike

Hi
I recently purchased a olmo ondina Italian folding bike and can't seem to find any information on them. I am also looking for photos of others to compare to mine so I can see what might be missing and what goes where.
Thank you for your help
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Old 04-14-21, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Tickles
Hi
I recently purchased a olmo ondina Italian folding bike and can't seem to find any information on them. I am also looking for photos of others to compare to mine so I can see what might be missing and what goes where.
Thank you for your help
Welcome to the forum!

I would love to see your bike, it is rare for anyone to post anything but the usual Dahons, Bromptons etc. You just need to make at least 10 posts and then you can add pictures.

My interest is Polish Romets, and I learn a lot by haunting the auction sites and using Google Translate to help me figure out the names of the things I am searching for. You can find loads of pictures that way - and then there are always people breaking bikes and selling the parts on the same sites.

Many years ago I ran a small single-cylinder Honda site, and I largely populated it with pictures and information garnered from auction sites - I would just ask the sellers if I could use their pictures!
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Old 04-15-21, 11:25 AM
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Italian folding bike

Thank you for the welcome and your reply. I saw the one on the live auction site and I was able to find one on this forum mixed with a bunch of other bikes but those are the only two I have found. I can find lots of other Italian folding bikes just not this one. Once I am able to I will add photos of my bike.
Thanks again for your reply.
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Well, it is a handsome enough machine, with good 1970s styling and some very nice features. I have never seen a headstock like that before - cute!
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Originally Posted by Tickles
I recently purchased a olmo ondina Italian folding bike and can't seem to find any information on them.
Vintage bike

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22olmo+on...ges&iax=images
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Originally Posted by Geepig
Well, it is a handsome enough machine, with good 1970s styling and some very nice features. I have never seen a headstock like that before - cute!
Thank you. May I ask what I headstock Is?
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Italian folding bike

Thank you for the link Winfried. There was one like mine on there.
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Thank you. May I ask what I headstock Is?
The head tube, which holds the front forks. Sometimes I use words for motorcycles, because I used to be an engineer with a motorcycle manufacturer...
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Thank you Geepig. I appreciate the reply and the clarification.
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Geepig if you are going to be correct it is a fork on a bicycle not forks as there is only one of them. Roger
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Does anyone know how the gears are set up on a Italian folding bicycle? The bike I recently purchased has a shifter on the handle bars and a cable going towards the back but not attached to anything. Can't seem to figure out how the cable attaches and then how the gears would work.
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Originally Posted by Tickles
Does anyone know how the gears are set up on a Italian folding bicycle? The bike I recently purchased has a shifter on the handle bars and a cable going towards the back but not attached to anything. Can't seem to figure out how the cable attaches and then how the gears would work.
Make ten posts by posting "post 7" till you get to 10 then post pictures so we can see what you are dealing with.
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Thank you Schwinnsta for your response. I am working on the posts I believe I only have a couple more and then I will post a picture of the bike.
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Geepig if you are going to be correct it is a fork on a bicycle not forks as there is only one of them. Roger
Thank you for the clarification rhenning.
Everyone's information is helpful.
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Is anyone here from Ontario Canada?
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Originally Posted by Tickles
Does anyone know how the gears are set up on a Italian folding bicycle? The bike I recently purchased has a shifter on the handle bars and a cable going towards the back but not attached to anything. Can't seem to figure out how the cable attaches and then how the gears would work.
The rear hub on those look like a Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub, but whatever the brand or model they attach to what would normally be the wheel nut on the chain side of the rear hub,
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Old 04-22-21, 10:57 AM
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Thank you Geepig. That video is helpful I appreciate it.
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Old 04-22-21, 11:01 AM
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I have finally made it to 10 posts.

Not the best photo but this is the bike I have been talking about. I will try to acquire some better photos soon.
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Originally Posted by Tickles
I have finally made it to 10 posts.

Not the best photo but this is the bike I have been talking about. I will try to acquire some better photos soon.
Looks very stylish, and with a bit of a deep clean and fresh whitewall tires it will be fabulous again!
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A clean would be great, but be careful with solvents like white spirit or meths. They are great at getting rid of engrained grime but also disastrous for some difficult to replace stickers or transfers. I found this out the hard way once, and now something use soap and water.
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