Quote Originally Posted by texascyclist View Post
I was just browsing through Ebay listings and noticed a "new" brand of bike being sold in mass. The brand is BOTTECCHIA. Sounds exotic doesn't it? Just rolls off your tongue! From the look of the postings, I'm pretty sure it's yet another spinoff brand from the nice folks at BikesDirect/Sprtymama/etc.
Anyway, looks like we're going to have yet another brand of knockoff bikes to contend with.
Actually -FWIW- Bottecchia is a genuine Italian marque going back to at least the 1960's, probably earlier. Definitely not some spinoff/knockoff brand. I have no idea what their modern bikes are like, but they made a full range of very respectable bikes back then. And they are still in business: www.bottecchia.com