Originally Posted by
Doug64
Every change was made because of wear and tear, durability, or to make the bike fit better. It evolved to meet my needs. Those needs were determined by a fair number of miles touring on a lot of bikes.
This sums it up pretty good.
p.s Love the look of your Bianchi, Doug. Sky blue is my colour too. My old Miyata tourer was sky blue but got a grey fork somewhere down the line, so pretty similar

Got the same colour on my Bob Jackson now, but with matching fork.
Do like the look with a different fork colour tho'