I picked up a used black '02 Pista for around $400 on eBay. It's awesome.
Someone had already done a few minor upgrades to mine, so I simply
swapped the saddle, pedals and changed the gearing to something a tad
more realistic for me here in sf > 46x18 fixed, 46x17 free. Added a brake
and some black vinyl and was good to go. Best of all it's BLACK! I no likey
excessive bling.


If you like to wrench on stuff, there's a total fixer-upper on ebay right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/BIANCHI-PISTA-BI...QQcmdZViewItem
I'd take this over a conversion any day.

I dunno, seemed like the Pista is a classic design... much like a Fender Tele or
Martin D28. I figured I might as well get an original (or in this case a import "reissue".)
You can always drop coin on the real thing if you're hooked.

Anyway, food for thought...