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
Road Fan
...It was priced about the same as a Raleigh Competition or Peugeot PX-10E, but not as light due to the older parts using more steel. Not cutting edge for the day, but a racing grade bike of (even then) yesterday.
That makes sense - the top end all NR Italian stuff was waaay expensive but the second from the top models were generally about the same as a PX-10. I think you could argue that the PX-10 was a better bike in completely stock form but that's an arguement for another thread.
In the early 70's my Giro d'Italia was around $250 with its Columbus frame, Campy dropouts, Prugnat lugs and all. And it was spec'd with the old style Record derailleur too although it frequently came with Valentino by the early 70's as the availability of the old Record rd's dwindled. The same Italian frame with full NR was around $450 at the time IIRC.
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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