i got this bottom of the barrel 1986 bianchi strada with a fluid trainer from cl. it came with downtube shifters, 27“ wheels and 2 [vintage compact double!] by 6 gears. now at 70 years i had given up on drop bars several years back due to a stiff neck. since then i had been doing some rowing and found after getting the bike road worthy, i could ride drops once more. rowing must have done some good! all my bikes have triples up front so i was surprised that i could handle the compact double, but i did still need to add a grand dad gear. i built up a set of 27 wheels with, sun cr-18 rims, 7 speed cassette and 32 sepim double butted spokes. new seat tube, quill, stem and home made thumb shifters because i did not get along with the down tube shifters. bike came in at 26lbs. next riding season i plan on swapping to flat bars, making it a hybrid, cause the old neck is acting up again.
edit; please move to crossbike thread, sorry folks!