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Old 04-10-20 | 05:07 AM
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From: Shady Pines Retirement Fort Wayne, In

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Are the bubs still Campagnolo? The rear rim is certainly a replacement but the front Ambrosio would be OEM. The only other part I see missing is the rear derailleur.

I am going to tell you what I tell everyone; clean and relube this and ride it before painting! Yes it is more work but if for some reason you don't like the ride you are not out the time effort and materials or heaven forbid the cost of a professional repaint.

Now if this was mine I'd start in with thew overhaul. I'd put the wheels in bags along with the shifters and set them aside. When reassembling it I'd of course add cables, chain, tape but also Lool Stop brake pads, I don't mess with NOS CampI pads because they are still 20+/- years old. Although they are the signature look of the Victory brake calipers I might ditch those rusty truncated cone nuts and just put some stainless acorn or cap nuts on. Most of my bikes use a 7spd shipmano HG hubset for the smoother shifting and better supported axle of the freehub design. If it functioned well I'd likely leave that Light Action RD in place, (for a bit) they are cheap but the Slant Parallelogram design shifts smoother than the 1960s old school design of the Victory. For shifters I use some retrofriction from Sachs or the new DiaCompe MicroShift ones.

The catalog shows the '88 Giro in Italian Red with yellow and white decals. I am not sure what color the line was on the Giro but these from a Super Leggera are likely pretty close although you obviouslt don't need the Campione de Italia portion. The two smaller "B"s go on the stay caps while the larger ones go on the fork crown. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bianchi-Sup...MAAOSwGhFZfoo-

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