One of the legendary brands in Italian lightweight cycling history.

Updated 10.20.2014

"Umberto Dei -Between Myth and Legend."
 by Luca De Ponti
translated by G. Hollenberg
Copy from a 
 Dei advertisement 
  translated by Steven Maasland
 Dedicated  Umberto Dei web site 
  by Joel Metz

1948 Umberto Dei
"Mod. Superleggero in original decals and painting.....Simplex derailleur, Umberto Dei hubs and crankset, Universal brakes and a good FNI saddle. We have also a Nanni steel bar and Sheffield pedals. The bike has beautiful hand cast lugs and a special fork  crown in good chrome condition."            Photos by  Luca De Ponti

                   

                             

                                       

Martk Campbell's early-mid-1960s Umberto Dei bicycle
 Serial number73D2235 stamped vertically on
 the right side of the seat tube below the seat lug.

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