late 80's bianchi
07-18-04 | 05:59 PM
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mouse
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From: slo ca.
Bikes: giant tcr, s-works mtb, bianchi fixie
late 80's bianchi
i'm building a late 80's bianchi sport sx with some vintage super record parts i've been saving for my girlfriend. i know the sport sx is a lower end frame, so does anyone know if it was built in italy or if it was built in taiwan with the bianchi name?
07-18-04 | 06:36 PM
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I have a non-sx Sport of a similar vintage. Tange 900 tubing. It has a "made in Japan" sticker. Still, a nice frame. Nineteen pounds by the bathroom scale as a single speed. I like it a lot.
07-18-04 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by miles305
i'm building a late 80's bianchi sport sx with some vintage super record parts i've been saving for my girlfriend. i know the sport sx is a lower end frame, so does anyone know if it was built in italy or if it was built in taiwan with the bianchi name?
Nice bike ... is it purple?
-mark
07-19-04 | 06:38 PM
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feros ferio
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Although I could be snobbish about my Italian Bianchi, I readily concur that the Japan-built Bianchis are generally quite decent.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
07-20-04 | 01:30 AM
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mouse
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From: slo ca.
Bikes: giant tcr, s-works mtb, bianchi fixie
thank you for all of your help. it is a decent frame, and although i was really hoping it was italian i kind of figured it was made in asia. with the campy super record parts i have for it will be a lot like me, half japanese half italian. i have a 16 pound giant for racing, so i'm just building this for a fun project. it's currently red but i want to get it powdercoated the bianchi celeste. hopefully i can get new decals from bianchi.
