In 1925 Signore Borghi turned into racing together with Dunlop as a co-sponsor and Gilli Gianbattista beeing the first rider for Olympia followed by Bresciani, Dinale, Lazzaretti, Menegazzi, Pancera and Pucci in the following year or Pio Caimmi in 1929 as well as Luigi Marchisio and Karl Altenburger in 1933 and Vito Ortelli in 1948.
However, wearing those white with a black stripe Olympia jersey between 1939 and 1941 Enrico Mollo, reached second place in the Giro d’Italia (1940) and Pietro Chiappini wins the Milan-Turin race (1941).
In 1959 Antonio and Pasquale Fontana bought the company in order to compliment their other, less exalted marques Winter, Willes and San Remo nd moved production from Milan to to the Veneto region. Olympia gave them an opportunity to compete with the best bikes on the market back then.
Frame builder Augusto Daniele built their Competizione model, which was equipped with the top Campagnolo components. They featured carefully filed lugs, excellent torch work, short, upright geometry and a variety of bottom bracket cut-outs. Visually, it was distinguished by its long chromed, concave seat stay caps.
The three top models (Competizione Superleggera, Special Piuma and Sprint Junior) had an unusual, fragile pearlescent finish. Unlike modern finishes, it used natural pearlessence, as found in nail polish, instead of metal or mica flakes. These bikes were antique white through the early 70s, then other base colors were used under the pearl (yellow, copper, blue and possibly others).
By the late 70s, the hand painted head badge and natural pearlescent paint were gone, replaced by a decal and a more prosaic (and durable) top coat. Later on the head badge was changed to one that´s milled directly into the steering tube. The quality of those high performance frames remained very high until end of its production in the late 80´s. Thus all Competizione models were equipped solely with Campagnolo Nuovo oder Super Record.
In 1959 Antonio and Pasquale Fontana bought the company in order to compliment their other, less exalted marques Winter, Willes and San Remo nd moved production from Milan to to the Veneto region. Olympia gave them an opportunity to compete with the best bikes on the market back then.
Frame builder Augusto Daniele built their Competizione model, which was equipped with the top Campagnolo components. They featured carefully filed lugs, excellent torch work, short, upright geometry and a variety of bottom bracket cut-outs. Visually, it was distinguished by its long chromed, concave seat stay caps.
The three top models (Competizione Superleggera, Special Piuma and Sprint Junior) had an unusual, fragile pearlescent finish. Unlike modern finishes, it used natural pearlessence, as found in nail polish, instead of metal or mica flakes. These bikes were antique white through the early 70s, then other base colors were used under the pearl (yellow, copper, blue and possibly others).
By the late 70s, the hand painted head badge and natural pearlescent paint were gone, replaced by a decal and a more prosaic (and durable) top coat. Later on the head badge was changed to one that´s milled directly into the steering tube. The quality of those high performance frames remained very high until end of its production in the late 80´s. Thus all Competizione models were equipped solely with Campagnolo Nuovo oder Super Record.
That´s the parts list that´s planned to be used for the re-build and setup so far
Bottom Braket: Campagnolo Super Record
Headset: Campagnolo Nuovo Record
Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record Olympia pantographed
Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record
Shift Levers: Campagnolo Super Record
Brake Lever: Campagnolo Super Record Olympia pantographed
Brakes: Campagnolo Super Record
Wheelset: Campagnolo Super Record with NISI rims
Saddle: Cinelli Unicanitor
Seatpost: Campagnolo Nuovo Record
Stem: 3ttt Olympia pantographed
Handlebar: 3ttt
Pedals: Campagnolo Super Record
Frame tubing: Columbus SL
Fork tubing: Columbus SL
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