Summary
- Olympia, based in Piove di Sacco near Padua and owned by Lombardo Bikes since March 2025, has a road bike again. The Galattica follows the Leader by five years.
- All round carbon monocoque in Toray T1000, T800, T700 and M40J fibres, with a new proprietary integrated bar called X-Feel.
- Two drivetrains, Campagnolo Record 26 speed or Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 24 speed, each with a power meter as standard. Six builds in total, five sizes.
- Olympia has not published official weights. A Dura-Ace Di2 bike with Fulcrum Sharq wheels in size M was under 7.4 kg without pedals on the show floor.
- The brand is positioning on price. The list was not in the article text, so we are not quoting one.
Where Olympia has been
Olympia is one of the old names of Italian cycling and for most of the last decade it has been a mountain bike company. Its last road platform, the Leader, launched around 2021. Since March 2025 the brand belongs to Lombardo Bikes, and the Galattica is the first road bike of that new ownership.
Alberto Pizzo, Olympia's brand manager, told BiciDaStrada the aim was to be seen on the road again with a price list that would catch enthusiasts' attention. The launch article makes the same point from the other side. At a time when everyone says bikes cost too much, an Italian brand choosing to compete on price is a strategic decision, not just a product one.
What the Galattica is
An all round race bike. Aero tube profiles where they cost little, compact sections elsewhere to keep weight down. Olympia puts it in the same category as a Tarmac SL9 or a Dogma F, which is ambitious company and a reasonable description of the intent rather than a claim of equivalence.
The frame is a monocoque in a mix of Toray high modulus fibres: T1000, T800, T700 and M40J. That is a serious material list. The front end uses a new integrated cockpit that Olympia calls X-Feel, its own design rather than a bought in bar.
Beyond that, the public information is thin. Geometry, tyre clearance, bottom bracket standard and frame weight are either on Olympia's spec sheets as images or not yet released. We are not going to guess at them.
Builds
Olympia showed two bikes at Misano:
| Model | Drivetrain | Power meter | Wheels seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galattica Record 26S | Campagnolo Super Record WRL 2x13 | Campagnolo | varies by build |
| Galattica Dura-Ace Di2 24S | Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 2x12 | Shimano | Fulcrum Sharq on the show bike |
The drivetrain is fixed per model and the wheel choice varies, giving six builds in total. A power meter on every build is a real point of difference: most brands make you pay for it separately even on top models.
Note the naming. 26S and 24S count both sides of the drivetrain, so 26S is a 2x13 Campagnolo and 24S is a 2x12 Shimano. It is a slightly unusual way to label a bike and worth knowing when you read the price list.
Weight
Olympia has not released official figures. BiciDaStrada weighed the Dura-Ace Di2 24S in size M with Fulcrum Sharq wheels at under 7.4 kg without pedals. That is a show floor number, not a lab one, and it puts the Galattica in the normal band for an all round race bike with mid depth carbon wheels. A Cube Agree SLT declares 7.2 kg; a Ducati Monoscocca RR declares 7.18 kg. Nothing here is chasing the UCI limit.
Price
The launch coverage says the price list is very interesting and compares the positioning to Cube, a brand that competes almost entirely on specification per euro. The actual figures were published as an image that we could not read, so this article does not quote them. Olympia's site has the current list.
What we can say is what the strategy implies. If a Dura-Ace Di2 bike with a power meter and Fulcrum Sharq wheels from an Italian brand comes in meaningfully under the equivalent Wilier, Pinarello or Colnago, that is the whole pitch. Whether it works depends on two things Olympia cannot control in year one: resale value and dealer support.
What to weigh before buying
In favour. Material specification is high. Power meter included. A proprietary cockpit means Olympia is engineering the bike, not assembling it. Lombardo ownership gives it a distribution network in Italy.
Against, or at least unknown. No published geometry, weight or clearance yet. No race programme. The Leader before it did not build a strong second hand market, and a brand that has left the road once may find buyers cautious.
For a rider who wants an Italian all rounder and is comfortable being an early adopter, the Galattica is worth a test ride once dealers have stock. For a rider who wants a known quantity, the Filante SL in our Wilier guide does the same job with a track record. The road category on Bikeroom shows what the same money buys pre-owned. Our groupset explainer covers both the Campagnolo and Shimano systems offered here, and the Cube collection is the direct comparison for the pricing model Olympia is chasing. Our IBF 2026 roundup covers the rest of what Misano showed, the Ducati Monoscocca included.
If you want to compare the Galattica with what is in stock today, talk to our concierge.
Sources: BiciDaStrada.it, Giovanni Bettini, 5 September 2026; Olympia official site.
