Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
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
The frame is a little older than 1990. 1987 - 1989 would be a better guess. Bottecchia won the World Championship in 1986 as stated on the decal so it has to be later than that. They also won again in 1989 and the 1990 - 92 frames have decals that state 'Campione del Mondo 66-85-86-89'. A 1989 frame would also have a blue decal on the downtube just below the head tube anouncing the Carnielli 80th anniversary - 1909 - 1989 so that could pin it down further. Not that it would make much difference as far as price. Used Bottecchia Cromor frames from that period have gone for around $250 on eBay so an NOS frame could probably get $350 as Kurt mentioned.
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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