A couple of days ago I was searching a local bidding site for XT M730 parts. Pretty nothing popped up when using "vintage XT" as a search term except this odd looking bike. "Olmo 50 th Anniversary - eighties" the title of the ad said. I have had one or two Olmo racebikes from the eighties but wasn't aware of any anniversary edition and definitely not they built mountainbikes at that time.
The form of the tubes immediately struck my eye and the detail photo in the ad did unveil something. "Nivacrom", that had to be Columbus Max.
I contacted the guy and he agreed on the price I wanted to pay for it. When picking it up, my eye was caught by a very strange thing: the frame didn't have cable stops for the front, nor the rear derailleur. The owner had been tinkering with clamp on stuff but I wasn't convinced of the bike any more. But that Max tubing... I always wanted one.
I said "no" and he was so disappointed he offered me a significant discount on his original price. That did it.
Once back home I immediately removed the front derailleur so I could see the tubing label. It was so sweet.
Let the project begin.
The form of the tubes immediately struck my eye and the detail photo in the ad did unveil something. "Nivacrom", that had to be Columbus Max.
I contacted the guy and he agreed on the price I wanted to pay for it. When picking it up, my eye was caught by a very strange thing: the frame didn't have cable stops for the front, nor the rear derailleur. The owner had been tinkering with clamp on stuff but I wasn't convinced of the bike any more. But that Max tubing... I always wanted one.
I said "no" and he was so disappointed he offered me a significant discount on his original price. That did it.
Once back home I immediately removed the front derailleur so I could see the tubing label. It was so sweet.
Let the project begin.
