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Old italian wheels - rim ID?

Old 06-27-21, 06:31 PM
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Old Italian wheels - rim ID?

Just bought these from a fellow who said he'd got them as part of a bike he sold to his grandad (!) who rode it for a year or two, then put it away. The bike came back to him when the GD went riding in the sky.

Hubs are Gnutti steel barrel, rims have nothing on them, not even fragments of a label. Tyres look very old. These are 27" rims.






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Old 06-27-21, 07:32 PM
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neat! Never saw an Olmo branded tire before!

steel rims or aluminum? ... not that it matters much, but looks like aluminum.

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these Gnutti five-piece bi-metal hubs not that old; current in later 1960's and into mid-1970's

rims do not appear either an Ambrosio or a FIAMME product, only Italy alloy wired-ons can recall from this era; no recognition here

wonder if they could be Alesa from Belgium...wylde guess

there were some Alesa which received no stamping into the metal

if so, they may have had a blue circular transfer around the valve hole when new...


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Old 06-28-21, 06:52 PM
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I pulled the rubber off the rear wheel - pulled the freewheel too, came off easy-peasy, boy it's nice when those Reginas do as they're told.

Anyway here's a shot of the rim profile at the joint - there is no hook at all; and I doubt there is a hollow at the corners, just a good big fillet..
Welding's not the best and the grinding is worse.
And the nipples are steel.

Not the top end, then.


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cool old tires, don't trash them great for display
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Old 06-29-21, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by konakai
cool old tires, don't trash them great for display
Hmmm.

They're out in the rubbish right now. They hold air, and the fabric is good, the sidewall rubber is just crumbling.
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Old 06-29-21, 07:26 PM
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16-18-19-21-23

Those are the sprockets on that Regina freewheel that was on the rear wheel - an interesting set of gears.
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Surprising that Olmo even sold a 630mm bead and branded it.. Early boom era bike??
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Surprising that Olmo even sold a 630mm bead and branded it.. Early boom era bike??
The date the seller mentioned was 1972, so yes.
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Any particular reason why the QR is on the drive side?
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Originally Posted by sovende
Any particular reason why the QR is on the drive side?
That was a thing back then.


Scan from Catalog #17, 1974

They came assembled that way in the box too.

-Mark B
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there is an Ideor catalogue/brochure available online which dates from the late 1950's/early 1960's time where all of the cycles are shown with the rear QR lever on the drive side


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