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
That's pretty interesting but can you actually buy those anywhere? Lately I've seen some very useful parts (from a C&V perspective) advertised on manufacturers' websites, usually from Taiwan, China, or India and most likely because there are so many bikes there still in use that use older technology, but I have no idea where you could buy that stuff in the US. I'm not even sure some of that stuff is in general production - more like "here's what's available in our catalog and if you want to buy a 1000 pieces we'll whip some up for you". But who knows.
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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