1984 Air 2000

Here is my '84 Air 2000, designed just before aero bars arrived. somec made it as aero as possible with recessed Campy levers, internal cables, flattened chainstays and an aero Campy water bottle. Still in almost perfect condition,i have it set up as a fixed gear but don't ride it maybe once every few years. If you have fotos of your somec, post them here.

A little history of SOMEC, another foto

In 1981 or 82 I was drooling over a somec Air 2000 then shown in the Branford Bike catalog, lo and behold--on my birthday it appeared in my living room. I still have it, a foto detail further down. I went to Italy and met the Gallegatis, father/mother and two kids and learned the history of somec from them: in the 1960's and 70's Oliviero, the father, was a mechanic on the Giro d'Italia, and being a perfectionist, was not satisfied with the standards of the Giro team mechanics, so he started a society that would allow entry if the mechanic passed Oliviero's rigorous testing. The name of course was Societa' Mechanica, and Oliviero loved his group so much he didn't name his new bikes Gallegati (like Colnago did), but SOcieta' MEChanica or SO-MEC. That's why the name doesnt sound Italian, but believe me...it is. His first frames were in 1972, and if you look below you will see a crankset detail of the 25th anniversary bike he built in 1997.

Welcome to SOMEC Bicycles!!

Celebrate and honor SOMEC Cicli. That's the purpose of this blog. If you ride a 1975 somec beater or a new ICS-Lite (like me) post your bike and your experiences here. In the next few days I'll put up fotos of my collection of somecs, so come on and do the same.