Kommisar89

I feel you...that's a nice bike but much as I love my Bottecchias, the Team ADR and SPAGO colors of the late 80's are just horrid (Shhhh...I long ago burned my pastel shirts and Miami Vice white suites ). Realistically, unless it were an actual ADR Team bike, it's not going to be worth a fortune as a collectable. About the only Bottecchias that really bring a decently high price are the SLX/TSX frames of that same period in the red/white/chrome or black/white/chrome color schemes. That said, you're probably looking at $350 give or take for a paint job, add another $75 or so if you have to ship it somewhere (not every town has a decent bike frame painter) and around $50 for decals. So is it worth $475 to not have to put up with the color scheme? Only you can decide that.

As to whether to buy a new bike...I would guess that under $6000 or so the only really big difference between a bike like that and a new one is going to be the integrated brake/shift levers. You could just add that to your existing bike. Above that price range you'll start seeing serious difference in weight but that's a lot of money. If you are primarily interested in triathlon then I would keep the Bottecchia as a road bike/training bike as is and use the money to buy a modern tri bike.