{"id":24437,"date":"2017-02-03T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T13:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/olympia-bicicletta-da-corsa-1935\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:51:11","slug":"olympia-bicicletta-da-corsa-1935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/olympia-bicicletta-da-corsa-1935\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympia Freccia Tour De France, 1935, racing bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympia Freccia Tour de France, racing bicycle, 1935, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With this 1935<\/strong> special model the old company from Milan really wanted to mark an epoch. The frame finishing, the famous \u201cchromed arrows\u201d, still remind this today.<\/p>\n

With one of these bicycles, the Tuscan ace, Raffaele Di Paco<\/strong>, also known as the Rodolfo Valentino of cycling, won many races. This tall athlete, with extraordinary force, managed to accomplish great tasks while not disdaining \u201cmundane\u201d life: he was the damnation of the \u201cteam managers\u201d for which he raced. Some say the \u201cfiercest part\u201d of his supporters, that was always watching him racing, was made up of women, lucky him.<\/p>\n

\u201cOlympia<\/strong>: Milan, then Piove di Sacco (Padua).
\nEstablished in 1893 by\u00a0Carlo Borghi <\/strong>(it\u2019s the second oldest company after Bianchi). In 1959 Antonio and Pasquale Fontana<\/strong>, from Piove di Sacco, bought the company while already owning the\u00a0Winter, Willes and San Remo <\/strong>brands. Olympia became the flagship brand. Later the sons\u00a0Vittorio and Paolo <\/strong>will lead the company.
\nThe most important models:\u00a0Modello Competizione<\/strong>\u00a0(built by Augusto Daniele),\u00a0Modello Special Piuma<\/strong>. Finished in a particular pearly paint.
\nNote: In the 70s the metal brand was replaced with a decal. Some of the racing cyclist that raced with Olympia: Corlaita, Tano Belloni, Di Paco, Giovanni Valetti, Vito Ortelli.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: www.giroditaliadepoca.eu<\/em><\/p>\n

Technical notes:
\n<\/strong>Mark 1 SIMPLEX pantograph gearbox
\nOLYMPIA saddle
\nOLYMPIA oiled hubs
\nOLYMPIA wing nuts
\nChain oiler underneath the seat
\nOLYMPIA crankset and pedals
\nWooden rims
\nFIDES brakes
\nFree wheel + fixed pinion on the other side<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n