Originally Posted by dddd

One of my most disastrous purchases was this 1960's Bianchi. I believe I paid $230 for it.

Turned out to have headtube damage (a bit of a ripple) that was hidden by the DT levers having been secured to the head tube.

And the integrated headset bearing were rusty, the lower head tube lug had been reinforced, the 151mm cranks were even of different length, so it was a sh** pile for sure, with the chromed lugs painted over (obviously, after the torch work).

Perhaps it has value as a decoration fixture, but I'm done wasting any more time or money on it. Do I even own it any more? Did I hide it so I didn't have to look at it perhaps?