Help identifying a Bianchi Reparto Corse
02-09-16, 07:53 PM
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Help identifying a Bianchi Reparto Corse
Bianchi people I need your help. I recently picked up this frame and am trying to
narrow down the year and if possible the type of tubing. No stickers. The BB is
stamped 59&. The dropouts have no marking that I can see. The only parts it
came with are the down tube stops, which look to be campagnolo, and the headset.
which is Campagnolo Record. I've included some picks. Thanks in advance for
your help. Weight with fork, stops and headset is 6lb 7oz +/-.
narrow down the year and if possible the type of tubing. No stickers. The BB is
stamped 59&. The dropouts have no marking that I can see. The only parts it
came with are the down tube stops, which look to be campagnolo, and the headset.
which is Campagnolo Record. I've included some picks. Thanks in advance for
your help. Weight with fork, stops and headset is 6lb 7oz +/-.
02-09-16, 08:27 PM
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Sloping fork crown, vertical dropouts suggest at least mid 90's to me, 1993 at earliest. Columbus EL maybe? Others with more knowledge will chime in. Where is BianchiGirl?
02-10-16, 07:24 AM
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I'd agree with mid-1990s, though I don't think it is Columbus EL. If you look closely you can see a couple of helical ribs indicative of SLX/SPX or TSX. Unfortunately, I don't see anything in the chain stays, which would allow us to differentiate between SLX and TSX, as SLX has helical ridges in the chain stays, while TSX has straight ridges in the chain stays. I believe the Bianchi SLX/SPX frames during this period were simply called Bianchi SBX plus the gruppo (i.e. Bianchi SBX Chorus).
02-10-16, 08:34 AM
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I had a Reparto Corse that looked very much like yours. I will post some photos later. Same graphics etc. It had EL tubing with the down tube becoming oval as it enters the BB. It appears your frame may have that same down tube shape. It was one size too small for me but was a blast to ride for a couple of weeks.
02-10-16, 08:51 AM
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The ovalized seat and down tubes at the bottom bracket was a design feature of Bianchi Superset II, which was introduced circa 1991. The original Bianchi Superest used a heavier gauge down tube and chain stays to increase rigidity at the bottom bracket. Superset II built on that concept by ovalizing the main tubes at the bottom bracket junction to provide more lateral rigidity.
02-10-16, 09:28 AM
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I think these were made from TSX, there are lots of photos of one here:
Bianchi TSX-Campy - BikeRadar Forum
My understanding is that Bianchi starting using TSX instead of SLX as a tubeset around 1990 but I could be way off.
Bianchi TSX-Campy - BikeRadar Forum
My understanding is that Bianchi starting using TSX instead of SLX as a tubeset around 1990 but I could be way off.
02-10-16, 11:57 AM
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Identical to my 96 TSX Ultralight, except for the top end of the fork being painted. Mine was all chrome with columbus stickers. If it has shimano dropouts, pearlized paint, and english threads, I'd say it's the same bike. Notice the ovalized tubes.
02-10-16, 07:55 PM
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Nice frame except for the Unicrown style fork that for some reason, manufacturers thought they looked good enough for even higher model bikes.....
Those Unicrowns look more at home on MTBs or motobikes.
What the heck were they thinking back then. I ' change that out for a full sloping investment cast crown fork from an earlier Bianchi to make the fork match the rest of the bike's great looks if it were mine.....
Those Unicrowns look more at home on MTBs or motobikes.
What the heck were they thinking back then. I ' change that out for a full sloping investment cast crown fork from an earlier Bianchi to make the fork match the rest of the bike's great looks if it were mine.....
02-11-16, 09:48 AM
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Nice frame except for the Unicrown style fork that for some reason, manufacturers thought they looked good enough for even higher model bikes.....
Those Unicrowns look more at home on MTBs or motobikes.
What the heck were they thinking back then. I ' change that out for a full sloping investment cast crown fork from an earlier Bianchi to make the fork match the rest of the bike's great looks if it were mine.....
Those Unicrowns look more at home on MTBs or motobikes.
What the heck were they thinking back then. I ' change that out for a full sloping investment cast crown fork from an earlier Bianchi to make the fork match the rest of the bike's great looks if it were mine.....
02-11-16, 02:54 PM
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A uni-crown fork can be stronger, lighter and less expensive than a traditionally crowned fork with equivalent blades. You may not like the aesthetics, but what drives high end racing bicycles is functionality. No designer of a professional level racing bicycle is going to specify a heavier, weaker and more expensive fork, just because it looks better. Very few consumers in the market for a pro level bicycle are going to accept to older, heavier technology. Twenty-five years ago, uni-crown was state of the art just like carbon fibre is to-day.
Sure there might be some added stregnth to the design, but not enough for me to ever consider owning a bike with one....., as I bet I would never feel the difference anyway....
Anyway, I suspect the bigger reason that the bike manufacturers turned towards the Unicrowns was to save production costs....
In the end, just noting to the OP that it's easy enough to improve the looks of the bike, hich is unbalanced by the Unicrown fork....
02-11-16, 10:19 PM
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My 87, 88 and 89 have the traditionally crowned fork, I for one also don't like the aesthetics of the unicrown fork. To me it lacks the C&V. I don't mind paying a little more for that vintage look. I came across a vintage bianchi that was in bad shape and I'm going to do something wild with it.
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Agree that it is likely mid-90's. I did a rebuild n my TSX 3 years ago when I found a 10-speed Campagnolo Record carbon-ti groupset. The fork had a bit of rust, so had the hot rod electroplaters re chrome it. Great and beautiful road bike!
04-28-16, 03:51 AM
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I have just bought a Yellow Bianchi TSX Ultralight on EBay this week, it looks identical.
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I can't see the pics
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Bianchigirll, glad to see you back! I'm going to do a quick hijack since this is an old thread. I replaced my 1989 Giro SLX frame with a similar smaller frame, different stickers. SLX tubing, Gipiemme dropouts, only panto is the fork crown, all the rest stickers. Does this look like 1988 graphics to you? All the rest of the parts are from the 1989 except the stem.
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