Bike on Magnum PI Episode
12-22-17, 08:00 PM
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Nice bike.
I didn't realize that Tom Selleck was supposed to be 6'4"
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12-22-17, 08:03 PM
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It's a 1980 Bianchi and appears to be Super Leggera. The head emblem is Piaggio, who owned Bianchi during 1980-1984. The episode aired in April 1981 but was shot during the 1980 event, which was the last year it was held on Oahu.
12-22-17, 08:24 PM
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12-22-17, 08:26 PM
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12-22-17, 10:00 PM
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Cool. It's clearly a Bianchi circa about 1980. Piaggio emblem headbadge. Those look like Universal 77 brakes, so it's a notch down from a Superleggera. Campione del Mondo maybe? I don't recall all the exact models from that time, but I do remember drooling over the catalog. Anyone have a catalog from then?
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I haven't thought about Magnum PI for quite some time.
I wonder when they'll come out with a remake. I'd imagine the Ferrari could use an update. And that Bianchi... not even Carbon Fiber
I wonder when they'll come out with a remake. I'd imagine the Ferrari could use an update. And that Bianchi... not even Carbon Fiber
12-22-17, 10:30 PM
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Always fun to catch a C&V on a show. I watch NCIS and every once in a while there is a bike to be seen in Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) house. Never a good shot like this one, though.
12-23-17, 12:32 AM
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Does that look like a Gipiemme crank with the interrupted flute to anyone else? Rekord maybe?
Edit: Also, did the '80 Super Leggera have chrome lugs like the '81 did? I don't have a catalog from 1980.
I was bored so I just watched that episode too. Didn't get any better shots of the bike than are pictured here, but I did have a good laugh at the (ahem...) $2,700 price tag and "Do you know a bike like that only weighs 7lbs!" Seeing a 308 again also brought back traumatic memories of tuning and balancing triple/quad-Weber DCNF engines. And I have to admit I did spend some time wondering why he was wearing pregnancy pants in the early part of the episode.
Edit: Also, did the '80 Super Leggera have chrome lugs like the '81 did? I don't have a catalog from 1980.
I was bored so I just watched that episode too. Didn't get any better shots of the bike than are pictured here, but I did have a good laugh at the (ahem...) $2,700 price tag and "Do you know a bike like that only weighs 7lbs!" Seeing a 308 again also brought back traumatic memories of tuning and balancing triple/quad-Weber DCNF engines. And I have to admit I did spend some time wondering why he was wearing pregnancy pants in the early part of the episode.
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12-23-17, 05:42 AM
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In fairness to him he is sitting nicely in the drops. They set it up for him or he already was a rider.
12-23-17, 07:42 AM
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12-23-17, 09:27 AM
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Does that look like a Gipiemme crank with the interrupted flute to anyone else? Rekord maybe?
Edit: Also, did the '80 Super Leggera have chrome lugs like the '81 did? I don't have a catalog from 1980.
I was bored so I just watched that episode too. Didn't get any better shots of the bike than are pictured here, but I did have a good laugh at the (ahem...) $2,700 price tag and "Do you know a bike like that only weighs 7lbs!" Seeing a 308 again also brought back traumatic memories of tuning and balancing triple/quad-Weber DCNF engines. And I have to admit I did spend some time wondering why he was wearing pregnancy pants in the early part of the episode.
Edit: Also, did the '80 Super Leggera have chrome lugs like the '81 did? I don't have a catalog from 1980.
I was bored so I just watched that episode too. Didn't get any better shots of the bike than are pictured here, but I did have a good laugh at the (ahem...) $2,700 price tag and "Do you know a bike like that only weighs 7lbs!" Seeing a 308 again also brought back traumatic memories of tuning and balancing triple/quad-Weber DCNF engines. And I have to admit I did spend some time wondering why he was wearing pregnancy pants in the early part of the episode.
Good call. Gipemme crank. Yes. Looks like it's a Nuovo Racing. My LBS sold these. I'm thinking it was around 700-800 at the time. Later Nuovo Racing were made in Japan and less expensive.
Top of the line Super Corsa wouldn't have been that much less than $2700 at full retail. 2200 perhaps? Weight probably around 19.5 lbs.
I found this catalog. No doubt most have already seen it.
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12-23-17, 10:26 AM
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Drag on the moustache? I seem to recall some sprinters of the era who had lip fairings similar to what Sellick was sporting. Didn't seem to slow them down.
12-23-17, 01:56 PM
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heh, lip fairing to keep your head down in the curves?
12-23-17, 02:38 PM
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12-23-17, 03:56 PM
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Because of the combination of the Piaggio logo and gear cables routing above the BB, I think of a cheaper model than a Super Leggera. First of all, a Record 748. The Gipiemme crankarms and the 3ttt Record stem (not the most up-to-date Record 78) also reinforce my impression. And I do not see chrome on the frame, though the pics are not too sharp
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Running shorts while riding? In a short course race, perhaps, but an Ironman distance?
He is sporting some actual bike shoes, it would appear.
He is sporting some actual bike shoes, it would appear.
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