Help! Bianchi.. 60s?
 

Was directed to this forum from another, so hope you guys can help!

Please help me identify the model and year of this Bianchi. All original parts still. Campagnolo parts, Campagnolo record deraileurs. I was told it could be from the late 60s-to early 70s but not sure..

Please help!
even took new pictures, hope they're better!! Rootboy :]

Thank you!!

Geez where's Trina when you need her?

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I wouldn't be thrown by the Universal 68 brakes to think 1968, this has integrated HS, long 1010 dropouts with eyelets and flat fork crown...I'm no expert but I guess earlier, and it's a very handsome bike!

Got the serial number? There's a Bianchi Registry online that can help you with that...

Exceptional! Great looking bike.

Also discussed in an earlier thread:

http://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vi...anchi-60s.html

I'd guess 1965 ish, possibly a bit earlier but I can't say definitively. It was well before my time. Looks like a 151 crank and the derailleur is record not nuovo record, which means the bike dates to 62-66.

If the bike got raced, which is likely, it's easy to imagine that model 61 brakes would have been upgraded with model 68 when they came out.

That's the prettiest Bianchi I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting. :D

It might not be much help, but here's what they have (via the CR Italian page):
Bianchi Reparto Corsa Registry
you might guess from the "170" that it's a 1970, but I would not say so...

Help! Bianchi.. 60s?
 

Check the hub lock nuts for a date. My recently found Paramount is from the same era with some of the same Campy bits.

yup

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...p;d=1457463624

Nice one!!,,,,BD

I am not an expert, but have some exposure to Reparto Corse Bianchis of similar vintage. My educated guesstimate is similar to this, but more likely mid-1960s than early 1960s. Salamandrine is spot-on with his observations about the 151mm bcd crank and the Record vs. Nuovo Record RD. The integrated headset is also consistent, as is the chrome on the head lugs and the on the fork crown. So is the attachement of the seat stays to the seat lug.

But the graphics do not look like what I have seen on early 1960s Bianchis. I have a 1961 Competizione, and have seen, either in photos or in the flesh, some other Competiziones, Specialissimas, and other Reparto Corse goodies from the 1961 to 1964 or so range, and they all share the the following traits:
-- Chrome bands on the seat tube, but not on the down tube (I've never seen that chrome on the down tube of any Bianchi from the 1960s that I can recall, but that only means I have never seen it, not that it didn't exist)
-- A smaller "Bianchi" decal on the down tube
-- the model name (e.g., "Competizione," Specialissima"), in script, after the "Bianchi."
-- Different head badge from the OP's

Also, celeste Bianchis were uncommon in the early 1960s except on team-issue bikes. Not unheard of, but not common.

I also agree that the Universal 68s were likely after-market replacements.

But most important - bee-yoo-tee-fool bike. Great find. Enjoy the hell out of it.

The Specialissimas I've seen, 1960-1965, have chrome bands on seat tube and chrome socks on fork and stays. Serial numbers are 16X XXX on seat lug. For example Bikeville thoughts: 1960 Bianchi Specialissima

My guess would be a model called "Campione del Mundo", maybe 1960-ish. I've seen some of those (in photos) with no chrome bands or socks.

Might have been refinished at some point, with different decals and badge. I believe that celeste Bianchis were not exported to the US in the early 1960s, but of course bikes can be bought in Italy and privately brought to the US.

But I'm not an expert, I own a Specialissima but no other model of Bianchi.

Hrue08, thanks for taking those new pics. Yeah, that is one beautiful bike.