Another Steelie...a Bianchi...and it's NOT Celeste
01-24-08, 05:01 PM
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Another Steelie...a Bianchi...and it's NOT Celeste
Nor is it for me, but something I'm building for a special friend.
'07 Vigorelli. New old stock - built but never ridden.
Frame/fork/headset/seatpost - $228 off Ebay today.
55/Rad
'07 Vigorelli. New old stock - built but never ridden.
Frame/fork/headset/seatpost - $228 off Ebay today.
55/Rad
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01-24-08, 05:03 PM
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Gee, thanks man, but I wanted a lugged Bob Jackson, preferably in British Racing Green.
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01-24-08, 05:04 PM
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How much does it weigh?
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This must be a very special friend. How can we be special friends?
01-24-08, 05:42 PM
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"Nor is it for me, but something I'm building for a special friend."
That's a petite special friend. Nice rig and good goin', Rad...
That's a petite special friend. Nice rig and good goin', Rad...
01-24-08, 05:49 PM
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01-24-08, 05:58 PM
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01-24-08, 06:33 PM
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how do you find these deals? I would have outbid you no problem but I can never find them.
Do you sit there and search bianchi vigorelli and all the other bikes you could buy or is there some trick?
I would like one of like 12 different frames but I cant search all 12 everyday.
Do you sit there and search bianchi vigorelli and all the other bikes you could buy or is there some trick?
I would like one of like 12 different frames but I cant search all 12 everyday.
01-24-08, 06:39 PM
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In this case, I didn't search for a specific frame - I searched for something interesting. For 2 weeks I've been perusing the 54/55 cm size on Ebay. In the past week, I bid on maybe a dozen different frames but was outbid on all of them. Keep doing that and eventually one slips through and you win.
Simple.
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Simple.
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If it's like mine, it likes 23c tires ... 25s sort of grate on the bottom of the brake bracket when you ride through some standing water and the tires pick up some grit.
01-24-08, 07:29 PM
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bianchi should have used that color as their trademark instead of that fugly green. nice
01-24-08, 07:57 PM
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Is the geometry relaxed or is there a reason that there are the eyelets on the rear dropouts? Touring geometry?
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You get back on that horse Rad...
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