Barn Find: Fassi Super Olimpia

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A Coworker pulled this from his barn and brought it to me to research/ sell/ keep. It's around a 52 so too small for me to keep. I thought I'd share pics here and see if anyone has heard of this builder as Google has not. Will likely be up in the classifieds as soon as I get the matching wheel set later this week.

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[Chris]

suh weet

[christian]

Sweet bike. But man those Modolo "speedy" brakes scare me. They were speedy. Alas even when trying to slow down.

[ceewho]

Originally Posted by christian

Sweet bike. But man those Modolo "speedy" brakes scare me. They were speedy. Alas even when trying to slow down.

I had some like that on a Bertoni, and I agree. Replaced the pads with some salmon Kool-Stops though, and they work great.

Also tried to stretch some new Cane Creek hoods over the brake levers, but it didn't work out as well for me. What's your secret?

[jeffpepperdine]

Wow. Great old bike. I bet it will clean up really well.

[redir]

Wow, nice score!

[cachagua]

Um.

Anything else in that barn?

What a find! Truly amazing.

[tiretrax]

Looks great for having been in a barn for 20 years.

[Lewis Moon]

Did you search cicli fassi? I get some stuff but work 'puter won't translate.

Sweet bike.

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I should clarify that this barn is actually a large garage... My buddies mother in law bought the bike in Italy. Judging by the condition of the original brake pads, it hasn't been ridden much...

[ultraman6970]

Any way to know any number your friend could feel happy with??

[jtakeda]

The railing on that porch is creating an optical illusion. At first glance I swore it had a curved seat tube.

Nice looking bike though.

[Fixed]

Cool flashback to young racer's gear
Cheers

[ultraman6970]

I raced in stuff like that, everybody happy with 42 and a 19 cog in the climbs and 5 or 7 cogs, now a days if something has less than 9 is crap damm it...