New/old Bottecchia...

So, this weekend I decided to branch out, expand my world so to speak, and delve into the realm of vintage. This Bottecchia is now my most recently purchases bike, as well as oldest by date of manufacture. It is probably an early 1970's frame. While not a top of the line Bottecchia, it is still nice and will be a good project.

It has the usual "Campione del Mondo 1966" sticker on it that Bottecchia's of the era had. Unfortunately dating it is not so easy as simply reading the sticker. The wheelset that came with it includes a pair of Normandy hubs which, according to Sheldon Brown, were pretty standard fare of 1970's imports. The rims are not the same standard; too bad, but they can be rebuilt. The Nervor Sport cranks come with 50-46 chainrings. The remainder of the components are nothing special, Dia Compe mostly, and won't make the cut during the rebuild process. It is in pretty good shape, the rust is all on the surface and will clean up with a little elbow grease. And check out the head tube angle and rake of the fork, they make the same on my Basso, which was built almost 20 years later, look almost vertical and straight. I will be posting up changes as they take place. And if anyone has information on what model this might be, or knows a good source for 1970's Campy, or Simplex, or? let me know.

Savory...

Rode by the Velo after work to check out this weeks vintage picks:

The is an Allegro, a Swiss made bike, 1950's model? Needs some special care, but the vintage components...

Allegro head badge

Campagnolo push pin front derailleur

Gran Sport rear d.

Velo owner showing a 1970s Bottecchia. Not a high end model Bottecchia, but a beauty anyway.

Peugeot PX 10 from the early 1970s. It has cleaned up nicely from when I first saw it.

and finally a Specialized Langster, not a classic, but nice. Notice how the sky got progressively darker in the photos? The summer monsoons have started spilling over the mountains. August's humid dog days have arrived a bit early.