mcoomer

Hi,
I’ve never had a vintage bicycle in my possession but I find myself with a beautiful example of a Bianchi Veloce and I’m hoping that someone can tell me something about her. This bike is being donated to charity and we are hoping to sell her and donate the proceeds to a food bank fund drive that is being held in our area. The bike is absolutely beautiful but I haven’t been able to find anything on the Internet to give me an idea of what it is worth on the open market. Please take a look at the pics and let me know what you think.

Because time is of the essence I have posted this in Classic & Vintage and in Road Cycling. I hope that you won’t mind too much for the cross post but I would like to be able to give some kind of good information to the fund drive organizers by Monday as to what this bike might be worth.













The last pic shows a scrape that is on the seat stay. That is the only damage I can find on the bicycle. It is truly beautiful. It has what appears to be the original Silca pump, which appears to be fully functional but is sun stained. The bike has stickers attesting to the use of Columbus tubing and all components are Campagnolo, with a 6 spd cassette in the rear. The wheels are Mavic G40's with DT Swiss spokes according to the sticker on the wheels. The saddle is obviously not original as it is a Selle Italia with carbon rails (faux or real I can't tell).

If you can give me any info on the bike it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

TechJunkie

Its completely worthless. I'll do you a favor and take it off your hands at no cost to you.

vobra

bianchi owner here...gorgeous! ahhhhh, how could anyone get rid of that?

v1k1ng1001

I've got a feeling this bike is going to go to someone who is not worthy.

mcoomer

Does anyone have any ideas about the identity of the bike? I have been poking around on the Internet and I believe that the bike has the Triomphe gruppo, as someone else stated in the Classic & Vintage forum. As it happens there is a similarly equipped bike on EBay right now that was bid up to $500 before the auction ended which would make a very nice contribution to the food bank. EBay can be hit and miss so I'm hoping that I can use any additional details I can learn to really make an auction that really grabs people's attention so anything that you can add would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Mike

urbanknight

yum, lugged steel! I've seen that frame pump alone sell for $30-50 on ebay. The bike itself is a classic in the manufacturer's trademark color. Sorry to say I don't know much more about it, but it is something the right buyer would pay something for.

dekindy

I wonder why the brake cables are routed the way they are?

mcoomer

Just an update...I've finally gotten this bike up on EBay. I wonder if you folks would take a look at the auction and tell me if I've left anything out. As I said earlier in this thread and in the auction, the proceeds are going to charity so I would really like to see this bike do well on EBay. Any critique you can give me would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

Gibbygoo

I'll give you 40 boxes of crackers.

soderbiker

Mcoomer
I have PM'ed you , please check it

Cheers T

splytz1

what do you mean?