The special Bottecchia Special build in on hold, anxiously awaiting the coming riding season.  A build problem cropped up, in the form of a loose lower head set cup.

A repair is planned, however; I want to thoroughly test the results of the repair, before I enter into any further cost increasing restoration work.

As it sits now, the bicycle has been assembled as a Poor Boy single speed, and is will be ridden in this guise early next Spring.

If the test ride, proves the worth of the repair, I will report all.  Until then, though it grieves me, as much as it might grieve you, the Bottecchia build is...

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