Bob Frey was a successful Unione Sportiva Italiane club rider.  
This was his racing bike for a few years.
after it was damaged in a crash
it was repaired and became his trainer.
Hence the brake and waterbottle.

It's so cool to have it in the studio
on loan from Eddie Albert

This beautiful thing is a "Pop" Brennan 6 day bike.
Built in the 1920's
John "Pop Brennan's shop was in Irvington, NJ
just a few blocks from the site of the old Newark Velodrome.
The frame was recovered from a basement of a house
who's owner was rumored to have raced in either the 1928 or '32 Olympics.