Originally Posted by
noglider
My daughter has an Italian bike from about 1990, and yours reminds me of hers. It's a mid-level bike, or you could call it an entry-level racing bike. It probably cost half of what a "real" racing bike did and rides 90% as well.
Since the frame lists the years when Bottecchia bikes won championships, and it includes 1989, this must be a 1990 or later year. Right, folks?
I linked both the 89 and 90 catalogs, only the 90 mentions the ADR color scheme.
Originally Posted by
snuffy76
Also, I read in another thread that Bottecchia chromed the entire frame and then painted over it. I love the chrome bits, could I strip some paint to find polish-able chrome underneath?
The aelle frames (like ours) aren't chromed underneath. The ones with a chrome chainstay are fully chromed.