Bottecchia fan
Join Date: Aug 2003
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
Mike01
Moki
Iīm living in Sweden, perhaps itīs my Bottecchia you guys have seen. You can see detailed photos of it on
www.chainedrevolution.com. Equipe is French and Squadra Italian and both means Team. Basically itīs the same frame. They also used to come in matte black/white. Mine is from 1990 when I picked it up, custom built for me with SLX tubing by Carnielliīs Reparto Corse who built all the old Bottecchias.
Your frame looks to be slightly older than mine or Ray Dobbins, perhaps built in the late 80ies
Could be - I just took a quick look at your site and saw the red/white Squadra. The ones I remember were 3 bikes - red/white, blue/white and black/white. I'll see if I can find the pictures. I saved them but I don't think I noted the web site anywhere darn it. I'm going to be in trouble if I ever decide to do my doctoral dissertation on Bottecchias since I didn't bother record the sources of all the stuff sitting on my harddrive. Oh well, I didn't need a phd anyway
BTW - I love the way you have it set up now - exactly what I want to do with one myself when the right frame comes along in my size.
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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