Benotto help needed...

Posted on Thu 12th, September 2013

• #1

Basix
I've purchased this N.O.S. Benotto. I Don't know to much about them. This one is columbus Matrix tubes. Perfect state etc. yet I don't know what kind of model it is and I can't find proper info about it. It seems that it is mid eighties. Most of teh Benotto's from that period seem to be be low end bikes with cheaper groups. This one is all Campa and in this rather rare columbus pipework. Please hel me identify it. I'm to scared to use cause it won't be new anymore. I thought about selling it but I'm to happy with it.

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• #2

Jfh

maybe you should take a picture from the side?
• #3

Basix
Like this?

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• #4

Basix
or this

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• #5

Jfh

it looks like the bike is in very good condition but not nos. saddle is not original.
• #6

Basix

What saddle should be on it then? This was on it for al the years the shop had it on stock. Can it be that the bikes (what type is it?) was delivered with a different type of saddle in different countries?
• #7

Simpson

Columbus Matrix became Cromor I think in 1986ish after TREK won some lawsuit on tube names. Gruppo looks nice un-fluted Super record guessing around same time roughly 1986 ish by this time Benotto was being produced in Mexico with by all accounts mixed reviews.
I have a Benotto pista of same era with Matrix tubing, I guess Mexico built but with some really nice details and pantos with Gipiemme dropouts.

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