2010 Bianchi lugged steel "Dolomiti"
#1
Dolce far niente
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 10,834
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 20 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 15 Times
in
13 Posts
2010 Bianchi lugged steel "Dolomiti"
Very pretty - but $5000 worth of pretty?!?!?! Damn! And what's with the ugly fork crown - you'd think that for that kind of dough they'd make a decent lugged fork.
Makes me feel like I stole my De Rosa. Hell - I built the Cinelli for >$1500, and the Palo Alto for about $1000. $5000 is just insane - sure glad I know how to build them myself.
https://www.bianchiusa.com/bikes/gran-fondo/dolomiti/
Makes me feel like I stole my De Rosa. Hell - I built the Cinelli for >$1500, and the Palo Alto for about $1000. $5000 is just insane - sure glad I know how to build them myself.
https://www.bianchiusa.com/bikes/gran-fondo/dolomiti/
__________________
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
S. J. Perelman
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
S. J. Perelman
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 61
Bikes: '89 Cannondale SR300; '64-'66 Allegro Special; '83 Centurion LeMans RS; '74 Raleigh Grand Prix
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
We'd all be better off paying too much on Ebay for a *real vintage build -- still would come out on top at least $3000 over anyone who buys this thing.
#4
Bianchi Goddess
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In
Posts: 29,725
Bikes: Too many to list here check my signature.
Mentioned: 191 Post(s)
Tagged: 2 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2912 Post(s)
Liked 2,836 Times
in
1,460 Posts
this bike is much better looking than most of the carbon fiber swill on the market. I do agree to some extent you are paying for the Bianchi name on a steel frame. I personally would like to know a bit more about the steel. for that kind of money I would consider a Bishop or some other custom.
__________________
“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
#6
Ellensburg, WA
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ellensburg, WA
Posts: 3,763
Bikes: See my signature
Mentioned: 77 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 313 Post(s)
Liked 457 Times
in
160 Posts
The 2009 model was listed on the Bianchi USA website at an msrp of $3,400. I about choked when I saw the increase in price for 2010.
__________________
1984 Gitane Tour de France; 1968 Peugeot PL8; 1982 Nishiki Marina 12; 1984 Peugeot PSV; 1993 Trek 950 mtb; 1983 Vitus 979; Colnago Super, mid-80's Bianchi Veloce, 1984 or 85 Vitus 979
1984 Gitane Tour de France; 1968 Peugeot PL8; 1982 Nishiki Marina 12; 1984 Peugeot PSV; 1993 Trek 950 mtb; 1983 Vitus 979; Colnago Super, mid-80's Bianchi Veloce, 1984 or 85 Vitus 979
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,162
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times
in
3 Posts
It is a Maxway production item that Kona and a few others sell with their decals on them. I believe that Bianchi's cost for the frame and fork (including paint and decals is around $200
#8
Dolce far niente
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern CA
Posts: 10,834
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 20 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 15 Times
in
13 Posts
If the steel was anything special, I wouldn't think they'd refer to it as generic sounding "cromoly double-butted".
__________________
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
S. J. Perelman
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang of a bedspring."
S. J. Perelman
Last edited by bigbossman; 09-09-10 at 07:47 PM.
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Berwyn PA
Posts: 6,426
Bikes: I hate bikes!
Mentioned: 39 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 429 Post(s)
Liked 710 Times
in
233 Posts
+1 Celeste (EWWWW!) What a complete rip-off. A classic in name only. If paying $5k for this bike included an "evening" with (a young) Sophia Loren it might be worth it.......
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Portsmouth, NH
Posts: 2,437
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 10 Times
in
6 Posts
#12
4.6692016090
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Monterey Peninsula, California
Posts: 1,718
Bikes: yes
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 59 Post(s)
Liked 81 Times
in
50 Posts
My LBS, a Bianchi dealer, has a 2009 Dolomiti on is wall that I checked out when it first appeared. The lugs looked as if they were an afterthought -- the headtube lugs, in particular, appeared to be simply wrapped around the tubing or pressed on, not brazed. There were also slight gaps between the tubing and the lugs with no sign of hand craftmanship. I was not impressed.
I'll take the craftmanship of my 1980 Super Corsa any day of the week (paints chips and all):
I'll take the craftmanship of my 1980 Super Corsa any day of the week (paints chips and all):
Last edited by retrofit; 09-09-10 at 08:37 PM.
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 613
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I think it looks like a nice bike, but $5k and only Athena components? Come on.
I thought Kona only had sloping top tubes on their road bikes - even the steel ones - which is not the case with this Bianchi.
The new steel Raleighs are gorgeous in person. I don't know about the International, but I believe the Record Ace (next step down, Ultegra components) retails around $1800 - and I've seen it in an LBS here for $1400. It's a good thing my bike budget is much smaller than that.
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: STP
Posts: 15,223
Mentioned: 74 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 821 Post(s)
Liked 253 Times
in
141 Posts
I am not a fan of the fork either, and it is one of the very few knocks I have against my "Tange MTB" framed Bruce Gordon.
For $5,000 bucks, I could have three or four De Rosas, or a Vanilla, or a Kirk, or a............
Clearly, ill conceived at best.
@ retrofit - that baby looks so sweet!
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: san leandro
Posts: 1,453
Bikes: enough bikes to qualify for Hoarders......
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If I was going to spend that much on a bike, It would be all carbon and Campy 11speed... but I would never spend that much on a bike! I think I have about 1200 in my mtb, and that is the most I have ever spent on a bike. Gotta love used and closout parts
and that stem, ugh my eyes it looks like an 80's mtb stem. Shudder.
and that stem, ugh my eyes it looks like an 80's mtb stem. Shudder.
#18
Senior Member
Who is the target market for the Bianchi? Seems at that price, you could have just about anything. Agreed, the stem is heinous and the fork crown should be better. Wonder how many of them they make and have sold?
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 613
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Kitchener, ON
Posts: 2,032
Bikes: 1994 Proctor Townsend Reynolds 753, TT S3 True North, Kona Major Jake, Kona Honky Tonk, Marinoni Puima, Cannondale BBU
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
If I was going to spend that much on a bike, It would be all carbon and Campy 11speed... but I would never spend that much on a bike! I think I have about 1200 in my mtb, and that is the most I have ever spent on a bike. Gotta love used and closout parts
and that stem, ugh my eyes it looks like an 80's mtb stem. Shudder.
and that stem, ugh my eyes it looks like an 80's mtb stem. Shudder.
#21
Senior Member
fork doesnt bother me, it's a nice looking bike. not 5k nice. seems priced for those with money to burn.
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Santa Fe, NM
Posts: 4,692
Bikes: Vassago Moosknuckle Ti 29+ XTR, 90's Merckx Corsa-01 9sp Record, PROJECT: 1954 Frejus SuperCorsa
Mentioned: 11 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 174 Post(s)
Liked 157 Times
in
75 Posts
Damn. For $5k you can build up a better (IMO) chromo steed such as the Tommasini Tecno. And for the Bianchi to NOT be in Celeste**********??? tssk tssk.
#23
Junior Mint
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 242
Bikes: Trek 830
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Actually, I suspect that the problem is that some Italian designers actually like the unicrown fork. See also, for example, some of the Abici bikes.
#24
www.theheadbadge.com
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Southern Florida
Posts: 28,496
Bikes: https://www.theheadbadge.com
Mentioned: 123 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2401 Post(s)
Liked 4,350 Times
in
2,075 Posts
At least the new International is made of Reynolds 853 goodness.
That said, I'd like to see some closeups of those strange lugs on the Dolomiti.
-Kurt
#25
www.theheadbadge.com
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Southern Florida
Posts: 28,496
Bikes: https://www.theheadbadge.com
Mentioned: 123 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2401 Post(s)
Liked 4,350 Times
in
2,075 Posts
Last time I saw lugs that thick, they were on a Free Spirit. To think that some future C&V'ers will hoard it as if its something special in the future
-Kurt