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Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
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Originally Posted by
cudak888
One could order the P-13 (the model above) with 27" clinchers or 700C tubies as desired. I, somehow, doubt the fact that mine ever came with the 700C tubulars, considering the excess of clearance under the brake bridge and fork crown. P-15s were always 27"; track models were, obviously, 700C.
Keep me straight here - a P-13 is the road racing model and a P-15 is the touring model right? So using the P-13 as an example, are you saying that if you ordered it with 27's or with 700's the frame/fork was actually different? Has anyone measured that? Now if the P-15 only came with 27's I'm more inclinded to believe it was designed for them, especially if it was a touring model.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista