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Bought this by accident on e-bay last week, but got too many bikes (will have a nice fixed raleigh cruiser available soon as well). would make an awesome fixed conversion.
E-bay blurb
"For sale,lovely Italian Bottecchia road frame.22 1/2" (57cm) seat tube,22" (56cm) top tube,made with Columbus SX steel tubing and Cinelli lug work, columbus fork ends. It takes 27.2mm sized seat pillar, finished in bright red with correct transfers. There are gear lever bosses on down tube;two sets of bottlecage bosses;front derailleur bracket; internal brake tube for rear brake and pump peg on back of head tube.The rear fork width is 130mm but a good reputable frame builder should be able to widen it to 135mm.It also is built to take allen bolt fitting brakes Comes with brand New Campagnolo Mirage headset & bottom bracket. Frame number is 7699 on bottom bracket.There are some slight scratches due to shop storage."
only thing to add is that it has been recently resprayed (not by me), and by the looks of it the lugs are chromed and perhaps the frame (not 100% sure. it looks like it has never seen wheels or had a seat in the post, as well. I paid £195 in total, so am putting it up for that (or offers or). Remember a frame like this is £400 in BLB. Might be interested in a trade if someone has a nice vintage track frame similar size.
got more pics if interested. get whisper or send me an e-mail (see my details).
dale