That’s a really nice Bianchi. Almost seems a shame to repaint. Wonder when they drilled the top tube and replaced clips. And if you don’t see the marks, should it be assumed to be a good early 80s repaint? Would explain the lack of decals.
The Dura Ace brakes are later additions I assume....? Cannot see Bianchi at that point with anything other than Campy/GPM, maybe Galli at that level.
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randyjawa
I found some very pertinent information regarding the Bianchi I recently bought. Turns out it is a 1970-1971 Transition model and not too many were made. This is a picture of someone else's...
Special decal is one indicator of the bike's unique pedigree(my bike came to me with no decals)...
The bike was issued with Dura-Ace side pull brakes same as mine. My bike also features the lovely chrome plated integrated head set, something I have always admired. This bike shows TTT bars and stem but the owner stated that the original stem and bars (Cinelli old logo) came as spare parts when he bought the bike from the original owner(my bike features the original cockpit)...
Still not positive about what my bike is but it does seem to be a Transition Special model. Though a bit big for me, I do intend to build it up. Biggest issue, of course, is how to repair the two holes drilled in the top tube - solder a plug into each or use J-B weld to plug each before a repaint(I do not want to damage the chrome head tube lugs)...
This 1973 Fiat paint color chart seems to offer a fairly close choice - 2018 62-4???
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