Hi Greg,
The closest correct pronunciation is "battayeen" but with a hard "y" - which I know makes no sense. Try to think of it as a very soft "j", almost as soft as a "sh" sound. Somewhere beween "jean" and "sheen." It's that funky "gl" sound you'll learn about when you start your Italian classes. I took a semester of Italian in college and I certainly don't regret it.
I bet that Battaglin was originally a TT bike with cowhorn bars, much like the typical low profile bikes of the 80's. Somebody probably swapped the bars to make it more road-bike-like. But the bars are probably going to be too low for cormfort. Still, a very interesting bike, especially around the bb.
Ray Dobbins Miami FL USA
"gear@grego" <gear@xmission.com> wrote: Hi all,
Too much time on my hands today, came across this very interesting Battaglin, item no. 300085483760 . BTW, what is proper pronunciation of Battaglin - 'butaaglin' or 'battayeen' or 'batayleen' or 'batagleen'? I've heard em all used. Seller says it's early 80's, but I don't know and Mr. B please forgive me if it's not. To the bike, it has a chainstay treatment that I've never seen before, and an unusual top tube to seat tube transition, that I've seen similar on TT bikes before, but not on a road frame. Looks interesting and I'm trying to generate comments from y'all about it. Not related to the seller etc...
Greg Overton checking local community colleges for Italian as 2nd language classes in Salt Lake City, Utah