First stages of stripping down early Bottecchia and cleaning frame and chrome. Removed bottom bracket (what an ordeal that was) and repacked fork. Ordering new Italian BB for it and digging up cranks soon.
Early Bottecchia (1969?) Fixed Gear Conversion Project.
I’m working on a similar project, old bottecchia ladies cruiser. curious about the bolts used connecting the pedal to the crank, because mine has these strange little locking bolts that mount the pedals on instead of the pedal itself screwing into the crank. Was yours similar in this way?
No, I had standard three piece cotter pin cranks on mine. I actually switched those out and put a modern track crank on mine too.
Send pics of the pedal. I am interested in seeing what they look like.
Thanks
hi, im trying to do exactly the same thing withe same frame, so far i have removed the BB and completely stripped the frame, where did you get the italian BB from? and did it work?
yeah, it worked fine. Got the Italian BB from Velo Orange
http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/bottom-brackets/italian-thread-bb.html
107mm Spindle if I recall correctly worked for my Miche cranks.
Good luck.
John