Is it a bianchi pista? I had a chrome one that I removed all of the decals from and I never really got down with the chrome. I would mention that I wanted to paint it, and peope would protest, saying the chrome looked great. I kind of like chrome on old paramounts and the like, but I just never really cared for it on the pista. Maybe it was the lack of lugs, or the oversized tubing (probably the latter.

I would recommend having it powder coated. If you don't want to do that, I would put a coat of candy on top of the chrome, and use a couple layers of clearcoat and hope for the best. paint on chrome looks awesome.