I've been looking for a smaller adult bike that is fairly inexpensive but with a load of character, as my son's next bike.

The Peugeot G-50 (juvenile road bike) is getting to be borderline too small for him.

I bought a very nice Trek 710 (or was it a 715?) frame but at 48 cm, I now realize it is too small.

I'm eyeballing this Bianchi at 52 cm, a size which he'd be able to ride for longer.

This wouldn't be his daily ride-to-school-lock-in-rain bike. Just his go-riding-with-dad-on-weekends bike.