There is a very interesting post on the Fixed Gear Blog about a possible Olympic gold medal frame. It would have been ridden by the Estonian Erika Salumäe. I had a look in my library and found this book about Erika Salumäe. I will have to have a look, if it the price is reasonable it would be a treasure to have.
She seems to have ridden a Cinelli in Seoul back in 1988 when she took the gold medal.
She has ridden other bikes, too. Here is the mysterious Mr. Matti Salomaa From Finland, he probably sponsored Erikas bikes. It was complicated back then when Estonia was a part of the Soviet Union, and everything was very closed off from western influence. I guess Matti Salomaa had some contacts. Obviously he did not benefit moneywise from this, a true friend of cycling! Does anyone know more about him?
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