Can you Id my Bianchi ?!
09-17-11, 10:22 PM
#1
CoryBrenn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2
Bikes: Bianchi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Can you Id my Bianchi ?!
I picked this bike up off a guy in Toronto earlier this summer. Im loving the bike but would like to know something about the model. I was told it could be a mid to late 80's city bike of sorts. I'm trying to find out what the frame is possibly made of. I know its not beyond an entry level Bianchi, but Im curious to know what the frame is made out of. I'm assuming it is Japanese as well.
Here is a pic with the original decals
https://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7739/img1110ls.jpg
Here is a pic with the original decals
https://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7739/img1110ls.jpg
09-18-11, 05:11 AM
#3
Thrifty Bill
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Mountains of Western NC
Posts: 23,523
Bikes: 86 Katakura Silk, 87 Prologue X2, 88 Cimarron LE, 1975 Sekai 4000 Professional, 73 Paramount, plus more
Mentioned: 96 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1236 Post(s)
Liked 964 Times
in
628 Posts
Not a city bike at all. Someone added the flat bars. Its a recreational level racing bike.
09-18-11, 06:13 AM
#4
Bianchi Goddess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Posts: 27,846
Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.
Mentioned: 192 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2926 Post(s)
Liked 2,921 Times
in
1,489 Posts
^ ^^, I agree on both counts
Welcome to the forums Cory, we will try and help best we can. OK first can you post better pics? does the frame actually have Bianchi stamped on it? what are the names on the components especially the cranks and headset ( the silver bearing cups where the fork passes through the frame)
close ups of things like the headset, cranks, seatlug area, and dropouts will help.
judging from the color i would say this is a '83ish something
Welcome to the forums Cory, we will try and help best we can. OK first can you post better pics? does the frame actually have Bianchi stamped on it? what are the names on the components especially the cranks and headset ( the silver bearing cups where the fork passes through the frame)
close ups of things like the headset, cranks, seatlug area, and dropouts will help.
judging from the color i would say this is a '83ish something
__________________
“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
Last edited by Bianchigirll; 09-18-11 at 06:34 AM.
09-18-11, 02:32 PM
#5
CoryBrenn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2
Bikes: Bianchi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I actually believe it came with the city bars. It's only a 6 speed as well ( single chain ring and 1 downtube shifter ). It doesn't have any Bianchi stamps, however the frame looks identical to a Piaggio I picked up last week.
Here is a pic ( that I came across ) of what looks to be the female version. Same bars, Ambrosio rims, Dia Compe levers, Sugino crankset. It looks like it has the Piaggio logo toward the top of the seat tube. Were all Piaggios made of the same frame material ?
Here is a pic ( that I came across ) of what looks to be the female version. Same bars, Ambrosio rims, Dia Compe levers, Sugino crankset. It looks like it has the Piaggio logo toward the top of the seat tube. Were all Piaggios made of the same frame material ?
09-18-11, 04:21 PM
#6
Bianchi Goddess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Posts: 27,846
Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.
Mentioned: 192 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2926 Post(s)
Liked 2,921 Times
in
1,489 Posts
they are both great looking bikes, but I can't really pin down a year or model. the Canadain and US bikes were different up until I think '87 or 88 when Canadain distrubution was taken over by Bianchi USA.
I still think is dates from around '83 or so judging from the decal style. it must be some sort of Urban or City bike for the hybrid idea took off. Bianchi did list a flat bared touring bike here for a few years but it had double chainwheels.
I still think is dates from around '83 or so judging from the decal style. it must be some sort of Urban or City bike for the hybrid idea took off. Bianchi did list a flat bared touring bike here for a few years but it had double chainwheels.
__________________
“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
JerryBerry
Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
18
06-04-19 05:49 AM
shihitemuslim
Classic and Vintage Bicycles: Whats it Worth? Appraisals.
10
07-09-17 08:16 AM
