At 2:08 PM -0700 5/29/07, mike spess wrote:
> The bike is rumored to have belonged to Jack Disney at one point.
>The gentlemen I purchased the bike from bought it at a shop here in
>Austin around 1973. The bike shop owner (Mrs. German) supposedly
>bought the bike directly from Jack Disney in L.A. a year or two
>before. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any references
>(or photos) to Jack Disney owning or racing an Olmo.
There is a photo of Jack Disney sprinting for the line in the 1962 Paramount Criterium Point Race in the long interview with Peter Rich in Bicycle Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 19. Jack is riding a track bike, and you can see some of the identifying features of the frame (fork blades chrome-plated in lower 3rd, etc.). I can't say whether it's an Olmo or even your bike, but you might be able to get some clues from it.
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