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Early 90's Olmo Sintex-SOLD

Well I decided to downsize and sold the Olmo today. It went to a nice guy who appreciates steel frame bikes from Philly via the low country of SC. He made a trip to Charlotte just to pick it up, so it was nice to talk about bikes and look at what I have left.  --- I found a great looking OLMO Sintex frame, evidently from the early 90's. I haven't found any catalogue cuts but narrowed down the pantographed signatures on the seat stays, BB and fork lugs to the early 90's. Regardless, its a wonderful iridescent turquoise with a pearl sheen to the point. This 56cm frame is made from Columbus SLX steel. Ive built it up with the random parts from the Tommasini America and went with white tires and bar tape(which I quickly changed from the blue in these pics.   A few pics from when I unbolted it. The wheels were an extra set I had laying around. Looks like the BB has the frame size stamped as well as what must be a serial number 61C? The previous owner replaced the head badge deca