Hi everyone, I found this old frame of a bottecchia mtb (Italian brand) 883T. It is a very rare discovery because it was made of titanium, more precisely in Columbus Hyperion. It should be from 1994/1995. It was never commercialized, so I think it's a numbered chassis (N.9) for the team, but I'm not sure. I think it's the only mtb made with this material. Has anyone ever heard of it?
Mtb Titanium - Columbus Hyperion
Lovely. Date line seems about right, more to 95 at a guess. Don't take this wrong way, but back then I would suspect this was a sub-contract build ordered by Bottecchia. Who actually built is potentially an eternal mystery. Pretty sure it will be a nice ride when built up.
“Controlled Rebound Elasticity”
It's _NOT FLEX_ it's vertical and lateral compliance god damnit and all of that doesn't fit on the sticker.
Frankenorange
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Gorgeous!
joglo
Senior Retro Guru
Very nice!
Simonelli
and even Bianchi
There are some other MTBs too, all italian, of course...
Simonelli
and even Bianchi
Wow thank you so much for your cooperation. I've been searching the net for days and I hadn't found anything. I'm trying to find this information to reconstruct the story of this frameVery nice!
There are some other MTBs too, all italian, of course...
Simonelli
and even Bianchi
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More of the Speed Project Lite, please!
joglo
Senior Retro Guru
I think it's even hard to find some information about Bottechia MTBs in general, those seem to never stood in focus of this brand, or had been later rather just entry level bikes at later times when Bottechia was rather just a sticker for bikes produced by someone else cheap.
End of 80ties-ish ad
1990 brochure
1992 Portfolio
Based on the used Columbus Hyperion tubes, I would also date yours to ~1995.
joglo
Senior Retro Guru
The text says "If you have the legs to win, we have the winning bikes"
"And in pursuing this objective we created the Speed Project Lite which, due to the technologies used and materials used, guarantees maximum
reliability in resistance while maintaining a weight of 9.3 kg."
