Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
juvela I agree.
Can you actually read anything on the dropouts? Bottom bracket threading? What country are you and the bike in, and are you looking at the correct catalogs?
There is no text on the dropouts whatsoever. Haven’t looked closely at the bottom bracket threading yet (I placed the bike a bit inconveniently behind some other bikes🙈 but I’ll have a look next time I have the bike available). I bought the bike from Italy (admittedly because I needed the stem and handlebar for another project😅

. I’m not sure what market the catalogs I have been looking at are, though (or which markets exist for that matter😅

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I also kind of struggle to understand why anyone would make a fake non-celeste Bianchi. I initially assumed someone happened to have a blue frame with no decals on it and then applied Bianchi-decals to make it easier to sell, but when I feel the decals with my hand I cannot feel the edge of any decals, so if it’s fake someone must at least have made the effort to clear coat it, and made a good enough effort to not get any paint run or orange peel🤔