Bottecchia
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| Industry | Bicycle manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1924 |
| Founder | Ottavio Bottecchia |
| Headquarters | V.le E. Ferrari 15/17 30014 Cavarzere VE, Italy |
| Products | Bicycles |
| Website |
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Bottecchia Cicli S.r.l. is a bicycle manufacturing company headquartered in Cavarzere, Italy. They offer about 70 models that include road, mountain, trekking, city, BMX, folding, cyclo-cross, and electric. Some high-end frames are produced in Italy, the rest in Asia, and all the bikes are assembled in Italy. They have distribution in Europe, Australia, Japan, and the United States. They are the technical sponsor of the Acqua & Sapone professional Italian team, which rode the Giro d'Italia on Bottecchia SP9s in 2010 and on Bottecchia Emme 2s in 2011.[1]
History
Bottecchia is a historical bicycle company that started as a small cyclery of Carnielli and improved in 1924 by Ottavio Bottecchia. A new company with a new name "Bottecchia" was born after the death of Ottavio Bottecchia in 1926. In 1940 the work force of Bottecchia was 100 people and the company became an outstanding race firm with the historical name of Ottavio Bottecchia and under the management of the Carnielli family.[2]
Bicycle manufacture
Until now Bottecchia makes a lot of race frames and participates in races with the Acqua & Sapone professional team.[3] The company also produces bikes for daily purposes and bicycle parts named "BTC" used only internally. The race profile of the company, is recently imported in the trekking line ("tempo libero") by offering a carbon trekking bike for daily use.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Lennard Zinn (June 7, 2011). "Technical FAQ". VeloNews. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-11-18.