Originally Posted by
due ruote
Nice, love that finish. Can you explain what's happening with the stem? Looks like some sort of riser/extender bit?
It is a quill extension. I bought it to try on my other bike but I ended up using a Nitto Technomic instead. I wanted to get the bars up high enough to be able to ride mainly in the drops. The black Bianchi stem came out of the BOC a while back.