Robert J.’s Bottecchia Mixte

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Today is mixted up by Robert J. This is a mid 70s Bottecchia Mixte that he picked up at the junkyard along with his American Arrow Superia earlier this summer.

Bottecchia Mixte

Simplex FD and SunTour?? RDUniversal CPBCarnielli Bottecchia

This is the second of my recent junkyard finds and my first Italian bike. It came with a plastic Simplex derailleur, which fell apart in my hands when I was removing the rear wheel. I replaced it with a Suntour Hero. All the chrome shined up nicely, and with bearings repacked and new tires, it seems to roll effortlessly. Haven’t wrapped the bars yet, since it will be my wife’s bike and she’d like me to put on upright handlebars. That won’t be a problem, since this bike is euro-cool. Thanks again for the great site!

Thanks again Bob

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  • Jeff

    That is a rare find and a beauty!

    However, I DO cringe at the Japanese rear derailleur. Velo Orange sells a $26 Simplex that is not plastic and would match nicely with the rest of derailleur system.

    • Robert Johannes

      Thank you for the compliment.
      I agree that the derailleur situation is a strange hybrid, but the Suntour has 3 things going for it: it fits, it works very smoothly, and it’s free. Never did switch to the upright bars, so the rest is original.

  • Pop Richmond

    Love the paint on this! My next bike will have to be orange.

  • Hugh

    I love the badge. Very nice classic bike. Congrats on the great find.