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That is outstanding! Love the Campagnolo 10 & Starfish combo. VMB at its best.
That is outstanding! Love the Campagnolo 10 & Starfish combo. VMB at its best.
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Sig_Arlecchino
Nice bike @badboybjorn, the paint looks amazing.
I finished building this up last week, a 1989 Bottecchia Equipe/SLX. 1989 was the 80th anniversary of frame builder Carnielli, and was the year Greg Lemond won the 2nd of his 3 TDF wins, riding for the ADR team onboard a Bottecchia, in what is still the closest finish in the TDF ever. Lemond using aero helmet and aero bars overturned a deficit in the final stage of the Tour in Paris to beat the pony tailed, bull horn barred Fignon by 8 seconds. It was also the only time a bike with a Mavic groupset has won the TDF.
I've just about squeezed in some 28c Turbo Cotton tyres, and it runs 20 speed Campagnolo Chorus/Record groupset, with a doffed cap to the bikes past Mavic connections I've fitted it with the iconic shiny Mavic Starfish crank, which I think made its debut for Lemond's ADR team in the 1989 season.
I love all the frame features that scream Italian fair and many hours work, Cinelli spoiler bottom bracket, multiple lug cut-outs lined alternately with red and white, cool painting around the seat cluster and rear brake bridge, and all that silver and chrome dazzles in the sunshine and makes me smile. 80's Italian showing off at its finest.
