Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 363
Likes: 12
From: Marysville, WA (north of Seattle.)
Bikes: 54 R.O. Harrison, 56 W. F. Holdsworth, 59 Sauvage-Lejuene campeur,63 Jack Taylor Tourist,74 & 78 Davidson, 80 Colnago Super, 82 Merckx Professional, 92 Rain City Steelhead, 08 Rivendell AHH, 2011 Rivendell Custom, 2014 Woodrup/Sayles custom 650b
DUDE! I love that bike. There are definitely a few things I change, and a few things I'd tweak (fenderline . . . HELLOOO?!!?!!?) and fatter rubber would make sense on this bike. But the color is great, the matching fenders and chainguard are outstanding, the bars are very cool, internal cable routing on the top tube, down tube, AND chainstay. That saddle needs to go, and I couldn't live with those reflectors. The pedals are really neat, though. That kickstand works with this bike.
Maybe the best part of this bike are the chrome head lugs. They are really neat. I've seen bikes with those lugs all over Tuscany, but those bikes are still used every day, and have WAY more patina than this one.
You do know that this Bianchi is from Florence, and has no relation to the other, right?
You need a grocery getter, Dude. Get this, put a Brooks saddle, and one of those huge saddlebags from Rivendell on it. You'll have a blast. Own it.
L8er,
Alex