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Old 03-27-21 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy_K
Time will tell. At this point I think I'm going to follow the example set by [MENTION=168558]Drillium Dude[/MENTION] and use basic blue bar tape to avoid "over celesting" the bike. This will also avoid [MENTION=367427]xiaoman1[/MENTION] 's problem with finding the right shape of celeste bar tape to match the frame. I'm also leaning toward blue cable housing and bottle cages. The idea is that this blue will match the blue in the decals. I already have bar tape that will do a fair job of that. I'm going to take my decaled swatch to Universal tomorrow to see how the Jagwire SID Blue housing looks with it. If it ends up feeling like too much blue, I'll back of to silver bottle cages and light gray cables.
Well I don't think it helps but Bianchi has about 3 different versions that "might" work, probably not and its spendy so....

We need to keep in mind that many of the Bianchi's of the day, especially the top ones like mine and DD's came with high zoot black leather Almarc bar tape.

Seems to me like Celeste bar tape is a cruel joke after thought.

The blue is a good idea. Benotto would be the obvious choice.
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