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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
Originally Posted by
big chainring
Oh, so thats why it says Carnielli on Bottecchia frames. Perhaps these are unique to Bottecchia. I seem to remember something very similiar to these on other Italian bikes. Could be I'm thinking of older TTT stems.
Yes, 3TTT did make very similar stems which were also often used on Bottecchias and other Italian brands. Carnielli was a major Italian bicycle manufacturer who produced bicycles under the Bottecchia, Graziella, and Carniella brands. I don't know if they manufactured the stems themselves or had them manufactured for them by someone like 3TTT or ITM but they are nice "faux lugged" stems. They come in two versions: the early one like you have has the exposed bolt on the top, the later one used a recessed 7mm hex key bolt. They sometimes crack where the expander plug fits in the bottom of the stem but you probably wouldn't even know it until you took the stem out.
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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