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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I suspect it won't fall apart while you're riding it. While Murrays (and Huffys and Rosses and probably several others that don't come to mind at the moment) were cheap, heavy, and sloppily put together, they didn't commonly disintegrate out from under you (although I'm sure somebody will come along with a story of one that did but I'm just as sure that somebody's Cinelli fell apart too). It will probably require more maintenance, truing the wheels, adjusting the brakes and derailleurs and such but I do not believe it is unsafe.
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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