Help indentify a Bianchi frame ......
10-07-09 | 07:35 PM
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Help indentify a Bianchi frame ......
Hello
I was given this beautiful Bianchi frame/fork by the previous owner when I bought my Miyata from him. I'm thinking its a pretty decent frame as the dropouts are SunTour GT and although I haven't weighed the frame, its fairly light. The paint is original and in better shape than the pictures portray (camera flash).
Sorry for the crappy pictures, the sun was going down and I was rushed.
My son rode the bike for a while as a single speed and has returned it to me because he felt it was to large for him. I'm just trying to figure out what I have, the s/n is LS09583. I still have the inner chain ring, soon to be re-installed. The Bianchi stickers were peeling badly on the down tube and I peeled them off and cleaned off the glue with some WD-40.
Any thoughts are appreciated
I was given this beautiful Bianchi frame/fork by the previous owner when I bought my Miyata from him. I'm thinking its a pretty decent frame as the dropouts are SunTour GT and although I haven't weighed the frame, its fairly light. The paint is original and in better shape than the pictures portray (camera flash).
Sorry for the crappy pictures, the sun was going down and I was rushed.My son rode the bike for a while as a single speed and has returned it to me because he felt it was to large for him. I'm just trying to figure out what I have, the s/n is LS09583. I still have the inner chain ring, soon to be re-installed. The Bianchi stickers were peeling badly on the down tube and I peeled them off and cleaned off the glue with some WD-40.
Any thoughts are appreciated
10-07-09 | 08:12 PM
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Looks kinda like my Japan built 81~ super, but without decals it might be tough to pin down. Should be at least chromo since the chainstays are chrome.
10-07-09 | 08:15 PM
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too bad you didn't take the pics before you took the decals off
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10-07-09 | 08:20 PM
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I'm thinking early 80's vintage and middle of the road (at best). Nice frame though!
10-07-09 | 08:59 PM
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but the style and colors of the decals can tell alot. did it have a Piaggio decal on the seat tube?
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10-07-09 | 09:22 PM
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The "sticker" (not a decal) I removed was literally dripping off the down tube and peeling heavily. In hind sight a picture would have been nice.
10-07-09 | 09:46 PM
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mystery Bianchi
could it be a 1981 Special? like this one? https://annarbor.craigslist.org/bik/1392350664.html
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10-07-09 | 09:58 PM
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could it be a 1981 Special? like this one? https://annarbor.craigslist.org/bik/1392350664.html
That looks to be identical to my frame. I wonder if the tubing is double butted or straight gauge? If in fact mine is an '81' I'd have to think its double butted or am I wrong?
10-07-09 | 10:14 PM
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could it be a 1981 Special? like this one? https://annarbor.craigslist.org/bik/1392350664.html
10-08-09 | 06:51 AM
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thank you *blushing* actually that CL posting may be wrong. the '81 Special did not have chrome stays the '80 however did. according to the catalog the frame is 3 tube Db Chro-Moly with Manganese stays.
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10-08-09 | 07:16 AM
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Thanks again,
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