Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
I am sorry to hear you do not like your Bianchi. from your description it sounds like you have a Brava maybe and '86ish. most people I know buy Bianchis for the ride quality rather than the fancy pantographing. most Bianchis down here had little adornment on the frame other than a B or eagle on the crownand Bianchi on the stay caps. some used to have Bianchi stamped on the top of the BB shell. lots of builders used GPM dropouts and I have even seen some real nice frames with Shimano drops.
do you have any pics of this ugly plain jane?
Its a great frame, I don't want to sound ungrateful to the 'bike-gods', but yah maybe I'm growing an appreciation for those fade paintjobs of the same period.. It has a B decal on the caps and crown, but thats about it. its an 88 brava but made with the same frame as the Campione de italia, as most of the non-reparto corse frames made in Italy were these at the time.
I think what I enjoy most about this frame is the geometry, but I'd love to hear more input on that from any catalogs you may have.. From this 52cm C-T size, I have concluded: 75* STA and 73.5* HTA, 52cm C-T, 53cm C-C tt, BB drop is 6.5 on sizes 52 - 63; fork rake is 42 on all. That BB drop and rake are identical on the Mondiale, SuperLeggera and Giro.
Tubing is Columbus Formula Two, Super Set.
Columbus Aelle Seat/Chain Stays and Fork
Chainstay length = 405mm
Wheel base = 985mm