i had this running under another a different heading.

Anyway...i thoguht i would start a fresh post asking about my frame.

IM in search of what frame i have.

180473676312....

that auction has one just like it but about 100 sizes too big Same color and everything. It has no model.

ANyone have any idea what model this is?

This is not my auction and the seller hasnt listed a model although i emailed him for further details. This is just like the frame i have down to the color (although mine has since changed colors). Ive always wondered what model this is but i havent found out to date. Id like to find another one.

my best guess (AGAIN) going by the color the style of the decals, the green Formula TWO Columbus tubing decal, 600 headset, looks to me like a 1986 limited.

That bike in the auction looks like a Limited.

yup....search that number.

I dont think it is a limited. All limiteds ive ever seen have the split cable guides on the top tube.

I would guess it's a limited. It looks just like mine.



(Sorry about img quality I don't have a camera, just my phone.)

I guess all the catalogs must be wrong. all the Limiteds I see have a housing running down the TT. even the '90 Virata has it. a split cable housing does not appear to start until the '91 Virata (the Limited became the Virata in "90)

perhaps you should check with Bianchi directly. you may have some special test or R&D model that got sold off at one time.

weird....but good to know

Ive only seen the split cable guides as well. I cant tell for sure but TBPerez....yours doesnt appear to have the split top cable guides either. Any idea what year that beast is?

I don't believe it has "split top cable guides". I'm still learning the lingo. My "beast" is from 1986 according to T-Mar. :]

thanks agian for the guidance.

I was referencing this site:

https://www.bulgier.net/pics/bike/Cat...anchi-86/4.jpg

This appears to be a 86 catalog and you can clearly see the limited has the split top guides. I wonder if this isnt a 86 catalog....maybe it is mislabled?

Based on the decals the ebay bike is an 87 and not an '86

if i search google images for an 86 bianchi limited all shots show the split guides.....although i suppose those pics could be mislabeled. Heck i dont know. If i search on a 87 limited i get nothing....

Thanks for the help everyone...and awesome bike TBPerez!

Apart from the shade of paint, the eBay frame looks identical to a Bianchi Squadra that my wife used to own. Before we sold it, I joined BF to inquire about its value; at the time T-Mar pegged it as an 1986 model. Of course now I wish we hadn't sold it. Who new I would get hooked on this vintage bike thing.

stan

Ok, so I definitely have a 1986 Bianchi Limited... which looks JUST like the ebay bike, the decals are the same, columbus tubing, I have full Shimano 600... and the headset on the ebay bike looks to be 600.

As for the catalog... from what I've read... Shimano Ultegra didn't come in until early 90's? so I would guess it is mislabeled.

if you look closely you will also notice the grey limited this link takes you too has different tubing decals. this grey limited is a '89 and it does in fact have three cable buides mounted along the TT.

OH forget it I give up contact Bianchi and ask them my catalogs must be wrong.

hehe...well i absolutely appreciate all you have done to help me out. Thank you so much!

Shimano 600 Ultegra 6400 aka Shimano Ultegra aka Shimano 600 tri-color came out in late 1987 for the 88 model year.

Good to know that. Still means that the catalog is mislabeled.

im sure what i have has been upgraded. I have full tri color 600 brakes, headset......campy veloce cranks and bb, sti shifters, shimano 105 hubs with campy strada hardox rims......clearly not original but on the bike when i got it. The previous owner must have upgraded most of the components a year or two later.