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Old 02-28-05 | 04:16 PM
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Bikes: Custom Richie Ditta Track Bike, Eddie Merckx Corsa, Marioni Custom Pista, Dolan Cyclocross

Originally Posted by geekylucas
Surely a straight chain line is one of the first things Bianchi would've accounted for when designing the bike? A brand new track bike with a dodge chain line seems kind've lame to me.

Is anyone able to report if the Pista Concepts have this problem too?
The stock pista is a cheap bike and no-one makes cheap track cranks period. Really wish truvative would or someone, but right now zip AFAIK, so Bianchi did the best I assume their margins would allow. 1-2mm is not too bad and is better than probably a lot of the bikes riden by folks on this forum. Granted considering how well they've taken off you'd think someone could retool to produce good quality cranks with a 42mm chainline for the bottom end of the market.

The Concepts either come as a frame or a complete bike with track cranks cause for 1,300 USD you better believe that things are a little more dialled in.
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