On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Derrick Bourgeois wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a question about tubing used on Italian bikes in the mid-60's.
> Someone gave me a Bottecchia frame that I believe to be a 1967 model.
> It has Campagnolo 1010 long slot dropouts and forkends and the guy I
> got it from removed a nearly complete Nuovo Record group that the
> original owner told him was original so it seems reasonable to believe
> it was the Professional model. It bears a strong resemblence to my '72
> Bottecchia Giro d'Italia frame but for a couple of differences: there
> are no spiral ridges in the steerer tube like there are on my '72 and
> it takes a 26.8mm seat post instead of 27.2mm. Those things would tend
> to indicate that it is not Columbus SL type tubing. But what then? It
> appears to be Bottecchia's top of the line frame from the period but
> now I have no idea what it is made of. The 22" frame weighs 2165g and
> the fork weighs 727g if that is of any help. Thanks.
>
> Derrick Bourgeois
> Colorado Springs, CO, USA
>
Faulk tubing was common on less than top grade Italian bikes. Phil Brown I believe my Frejus was made of Faulk but not in Berkeley, Calif.