Rescued from a trip to the dump today - Botty GT !!!
09-14-14, 06:04 PM
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Rescued from a trip to the dump today - Botty GT !!!
Utterly f****** filthy but very likely well worth the effort to clean it up.
The original wheel set were tubular Fiamme rims mounted on Campagnolo Record hubs but fortunately the bike had a different wheel set installed on it : Fiamme clincher rims mounted on Normandy Luxe Competition hubs.
All 4 wheels were with the bike and three of the 4 tires hold air. Naturally, the one that is flat is the rear tubular.
Now I have several wheel sets of good old tubulars. Will these things ever come back into style ???
Frame stickers are in Italian - Campagnolo & Columbus, and it has Campy drop outs. Dirtiest bike I ever saw. Can you believe that anyone would want to toss this ?
The original wheel set were tubular Fiamme rims mounted on Campagnolo Record hubs but fortunately the bike had a different wheel set installed on it : Fiamme clincher rims mounted on Normandy Luxe Competition hubs.
All 4 wheels were with the bike and three of the 4 tires hold air. Naturally, the one that is flat is the rear tubular.
Now I have several wheel sets of good old tubulars. Will these things ever come back into style ???
Frame stickers are in Italian - Campagnolo & Columbus, and it has Campy drop outs. Dirtiest bike I ever saw. Can you believe that anyone would want to toss this ?
09-14-14, 06:41 PM
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Some people have no good sense. Even if I know nothing about bikes (and I know damn little, in comparison to others here) I'd at least google the brand name and see if it's worth trying to pass to someone else.
09-14-14, 07:23 PM
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Oh my goodness! It's your lucky day
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Originally Posted by nesteel
Some people have no good sense. Even if I know nothing about bikes (and I know damn little, in comparison to others here) I'd at least google the brand name and see if it's worth trying to pass to someone else.
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Bianchis '90 Proto, '90 Campione del Fausto Giamondi Specialisma Italiano Mundo, '91 Boarala 'cross, '93 Project 3, '86 Volpe, '97 Ti Megatube, '93 Reparto Corse SBX
Others but still loved; '80 Batavus Professional, '87 Cornelo, '?? Jane Doe (still on the drawing board), '90ish Haro Escape SLX Bertoni "Speckled Trout"
09-17-14, 06:07 PM
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Awesome find! Great to see it is in good hands now.
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