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Great to see you have kept busy not only with your spanner twisitng but also with your explorations!

Bike looks very fine indeed.

My recollection is that there is no Bugatti cycle manufacturer and bicycles bearing the name are contract builds. Perhaps other readers shall have more & better information on this subject. Years ago had a "his and hers" set of Bugatti cycles come through my workshop. They were lower end models similar to a Peugeot U08 or Raleigh Gran Prix. Clearly contract builds but never did learn the actual manufacturer. They had been purchased at Seattle's Pike Place Market about 1973.

The subject frame certainly does bear a strong resemblance to yours.

There is this entry regarding cycles designed by Ettore Bugatti -

https://italiancyclingjournal.blogsp...-bicycles.html

Here is a forum post from a member showing what is clearly a Garlatti machine wearing transfers which proclaim it to be "Cicli Bugatti Italia" -

https://www.bikeforums.net/21033398-post13.html

One poster has stated that the Cicli Bugatti Italia name belongs to someone located in France. If you should wish to pursue the identity of the white frame's maker you might check with the national offices of trademark registration and business licensing for both France and Italy since all of the cycles bearing the name seem to issue from the latter nation. The white frame appears to hail from the late 1960's to early 1970's era. It may well be that the Cicli Bugatti Italia entity has long since gone defunct.

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