Historic Bottecchia factory up in flames
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Historic Bottecchia factory up in flames
I just saw this on another site and thought I would share it here. I wonder how many classic bikes were lost in the fire? If you open the link with Google you can easily translate the page.
https://www.ansa.it/veneto/notizie/2...tD_P5A-DlH9uiE
https://www.ansa.it/veneto/notizie/2...tD_P5A-DlH9uiE
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EF, that sucks.
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Bummer. 😟 Even with the flaking paint, lol, I really liked the Bottecchia I had before. I hope they had good insurance, at least.
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I wonder if my 89 Bottecchia Chorus SL was built in that building......
Was there a museum in there??
Was there a museum in there??
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Very sad news!
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1972 Bottecchia Professional, 1972 Legnano Olympiade Record,
1982 Colnago Super, 1987 Bottecchia Team C-Record,
1988 Pinarello Montello, 1990 Masi Nuova Strada Super Record,
1995 Bianchi Campione d'Italia, 1995 DeBernardi Thron