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 would bet it's the same as this frame shown below. As late as 2001-2002 the following models used a variant of this frame:
Veloce
Campione
Eros
Eros Donna
San Remo
Volpe
The Veloce had a carbon fork, the Eros Donna women's specific geometry, the San Remo was a tourer with canti brakes but they all shared the same official Bianchi description is provided here:
Frame Bianchi Reparto Corse SL Chromo Lite: Double-butted chrome-moly steel alloy, TIG-welded and heat-treated. MegaPro down tube with variable section; ZFS (Zero-Flex Stay) rear-triangle design. Vertical dropouts.
I've been very pleased with it other than for the TIG welds.
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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