# Somec

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For the fictional drug, see [A Sleep and a Forgetting](/source/A_Sleep_and_a_Forgetting).

The **Societa Mechanica** was organized by *[Giro d'Italia](/source/Giro_d'Italia)* mechanic [Oliviero Gallegati](/source/Oliviero_Gallegati) in the 1960s,[1] in order to set a group of working standards. When he opened his bicycle shop in [Lugo](/source/Lugo,_Emilia-Romagna), [Italy](/source/Italy), rather than following the almost universal custom in the Italian cycle industry of naming the company after himself, he instead named it **Somec**, for *Societa Mechanica*. A very small artisanal shop, Somec makes only a few bikes a year, out of steel or aluminum.

The Somec [Cavallino](/source/Cavallino) logo is often confused with that of [Ferrari](/source/Ferrari) but has the horse's tail hanging down instead of held upwards, by personal agreement between the two men, according to the official story.

Somec previously made frames solely from steel and aluminum materials, but has since followed conventional technical advancements into the use of carbon fiber and titanium. As of the 2007 model year, their [catalog](https://www.somec.com/en/collection/) contains seven carbon frames, one titanium frame, 5 aluminum/aluminum-carbon frames, and one steel frame.

## See also

- [List of bicycle parts](/source/List_of_bicycle_parts)
- [List of Italian companies](/source/List_of_Italian_companies#Bicycle_manufacturers)

## External links

- [**Somec** corporate website](https://web.archive.org/web/20051213014702/http://www.somec.com/index_eng.php)—(in English)

## References

1. ["SOMEC"](https://www.cicliartigianali.co.uk/manufacturer-1/somec). *Cicli Artigianali*. Retrieved 2025-01-23.

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