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Old 09-16-11, 12:46 PM
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Bottecchia bicycles are pretty nice, in my opinion. I have owned a few and still have two or three tucked away in The Old Shed.

The one the OP presents is probably a Bottecchia Model Special, which was a middle of the line road bicycle in its day...


That said and though I hate to say it, the forks do look bent on that bicycle. Often times this is just an optical illusion produced by the camera's distortion of the image but this time I think not...

For more evaluation pertaining to the integrity of the structure, include a head on shot of the bike, allowing a clear view of how the front wheel splits the space between the tops of the fork blades. An better side shot from the drive side might also help with the evaluation.
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