spago-bottecchia eye-candy spotted on FB

[wallymann]

https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32155282_10160530138190284_2337698420870873088_o.j pg?_nc_cat=0&oh=d7ac2460e58cb0efb8b77bb8a08c3e96&oe=5B53BBC8

[longlist]

not sure who they are but its a neat looking bike

[charliedid]

Haha cool bike. You needed a dose of reality after all that silly mountain bike talk ;-)

[colker]

It´s a repaint..

[Tickdoc]

It’s not easy to pull off hot pink tires.

[wallymann]

It´s a repaint..

not.

https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32116536_10214785207095653_697299554097168384_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=63d538758ea2e3fd07e997a99fc1311d&oe=5B5478C4

[colker]

not.

https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32116536_10214785207095653_697299554097168384_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=63d538758ea2e3fd07e997a99fc1311d&oe=5B5478C4

first time i see a columbus tubing decal on that place on the downtube.

[wallymann]

first time i see a columbus tubing decal on that place on the downtube.

mine is the less chrome SL/SP model...columbus sticker also on DT.

http://majortaylorcycling.org/bikes/walter_bottecchia_team-spago.jpg

[cadence90]

first time i see a columbus tubing decal on that place on the downtube.

It looks legit to me. Walter had/has one. (EDIT: he just posted it above.)

They were a fairly short-lived LA-based (Wolfgang Puck/Spago) team.
Bottecchia- and Rossin-branded frames; Columbus tubing.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ZrMAAOSwiBJaNgfZ/s-l300.jpg
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[colker]

mine is the less chrome SL/SP model...columbus sticker also on DT.

http://majortaylorcycling.org/bikes/walter_bottecchia_team-spago.jpg

I like it better. The pink pinstriping on the other one? huh..

[wallymann]

while a-typical for others, that sticker location is normal for bottecchia. i have another red/white TSX bottecchia with similar tubing sticker location:

http://majortaylorcycling.org/bikes/walter_bottecchia_professional-tsx.jpg

[vqdriver]

first time i see a columbus tubing decal on that place on the downtube.

yeah, my bottecchia had it there too.


i've been looking for a slx or tsx in my size for years now.

[mistermo]

Facebook eye candy
Where on FB does one find this?

[RobJ]

while a-typical for others, that sticker location is normal for bottecchia. i have another red/white TSX bottecchia with similar tubing sticker location:

http://majortaylorcycling.org/bikes/walter_bottecchia_professional-tsx.jpg

How do you like the TSX version? I have my eye on one too...

[wallymann]

How do you like the TSX version? I have my eye on one too...

havent built it up to ride it yet. my prior versions are SL/SP mixes, so i'm thinking comparable. if anything TSX should ride more lively. i wouldnt expect it to be any stiffer.

[Pearsom]

I raced that same red/white Bottecchia (but with SPX tubing) for a few seasons. I remember getting it from Stuyvesant bike shop on 14th St in NYC. My teammate got the purple and yellow ADR Bottecchia replica from the same shop. IIRC they were a big Bottecchia importer / distributor

Would love to find another one -- Brings back good memories :)

[cadence90]

I raced that same red/white Bottecchia (but with SPX tubing) for a few seasons.

Would love to find another one -- Brings back good memories :)

You liked it?

I had a Scapin SPX. Nice enough, but man that thing was a monster. Really heavy, almost ponderous stuff...and I'm no lightweight guy. The frame was a 60, so there were a lot of kilos to move around.
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[clyde the point]

That brings back some memories "Oliver Starr"! I worked at I Martin Imports in '89-'90 we built up those bikes for the team. Had some interesting conversations with Pro's back then. And an awesome Team dinner at Spago in Vegas at the Interbike show.

[paredown]

yeah, my bottecchia had it there too.


i've been looking for a slx or tsx in my size for years now.

I love these Bottechias--especially the fancier one with the extra chrome.

A few years ago when I was wasting more time searching nationally on Craigslist, I turned up a bunch--the ADR replica TSX version, the one with less chrome--kept finding them and thinking about buying. There seemed to be a lot of them out there.

Lately I have not see any--my secret fear is that the fixie crowd got a hold of them.

Edit to add: Here's one that is likely early '70s (at least it looks very much like the one that I passed up while I was still racing--(up for two months so probably gone):

https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/bik/d/bottechia-campagnolo-hdwre/6518002069.html

[Pearsom]

You liked it?

I had a Scapin SPX. Nice enough, but man that thing was a monster. Really heavy, almost ponderous stuff...and I'm no lightweight guy. The frame was a 60, so there were a lot of kilos to move around.
.

Ha. Yes, I liked it, certainly more than the Cannondale that I switched from, which IIRC had steeper geometry and was a bit harsh, both of which I felt on long(er) distances. Mine was a 62cm so probably even a bit heavier than your little 60cm Scapin ;)

[El Chaba]

first time i see a columbus tubing decal on that place on the downtube.

Bottechia must think they are French....