Hello all,
I found myself a new project and I wanted to put it out there to see what people know about this frame. I bought this frame on craigslist. It was attached to an equally ratty exage biopace crankset and a couple of other small parts. But mostly it is the frame. I had been looking for a bianchi project for a long time and got very happy about this and $40 didnt seem too bad, because I wanted to repaint it celeste anyways (as is tradition). After I got home I realized that it did not even have a derailleur hanger. Google is not turning up much on the Bianchi Strada. Lots of things on the Strada LX, are they the same thing?
If anybody has info, could you please let me know and also whether it is worth bothering to put effort to restore this to some of its former Bianchi-ness. My new plan will be to paint it jet black and get a celeste decal set, then start to piece together a groupset (any recommendations?). I know these "Japanese" Bianchi bikes came with shimano bits, so I might go with that, but I would love to drop some low end campy gear on it if I can find some.








Thank you in advance!