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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
GearsForFears
He wouldn't go lower than $150. I passed. Actually it was a sweet, smooth ride and I might've bit if it had looked as good as the pictures. But it wasn't as clean as the photos - a bit scuffed up. I hated the saddle too - I like 'em hard, especially on a road bike. By the time I'd have had it painted, applied the decals, swapped the saddle and rims and probably the brakes...no. There'll be another day for my dream vintage Italian road bike.
Sounds like you made the right move. That's not a horrible bike but it isn't anybody's dream vintage Italian road bike, more like a nice stylin' bar-hopper/grociery getter and it would have cost way too much to fix up the way you want it. Who knows, the way prices are these days he might get $150 for it, almost certainly if it were in better shape but there's better out there.
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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