1981 Bianchi
I just found out the color of mine is called "anthracyte," like the coal. If I recall correctly, Fred, the owner (then and now) of LeucadiaBikes.com described the color as "charcoal" when my neighbor bought it new at a discount after the 1982 models had already come out. (I guess everyone, including my neighbor, wanted celeste. which -- of course -- appears in the attached catalog cover picture from that year.)
1981 was also the year I left my native Los Angeles -- where I had lived except for high school in Huntington Beach / "Surf City" -- for north coastal San Diego County. Overall, it has proven to be a good move for my wife and me, and our boys seem to be happy to have grown up here, but it did not take me long after moving to discover (Russian thistle plant) goathead thorns, which caused me to give up tubular tires.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
Last edited by John E; 09-21-14 at 04:59 PM.