Two Bikes, Which Should I Keep?
01-25-17, 08:44 AM
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Two Bikes, Which Should I Keep?
2000 Bianchi M Alloy Pro, 7000 aluminium
- Campy Chorus 10-speed everywhere
- Mavic Ksyrium wheels
1997 Colnago Competition, "Crystal" steel oval tubing
- mix of Campy 9-speed Mirage (brakes), Xenon (shifters) and Chorus (f & r derailleurs)
- Mavic MA-40 w/Campy Mirage hubs
I can't keep both of these two bikes, as much as I'd like to, as I'm also building up another (a 1997 Litespeed Catalyst) that'll be a keeper. But I need to pay for it, too.
I enjoy both bikes, but I'm leaning towards keeping the Colnago. I have two other Bianchis that I'll keep (a Sprint 76 winter trainer with lots of "patina", and a '96 Ti Megatube that I'll take to the grave).
Would I be better off swapping the nicer Chorus 10-speed components & wheelset from the Bianchi onto the Colnago? It'll hurt the resale, but probably not by much. Might even be easier to sell a cheaper bike; and it'd improve the ride of the Colnago.
Just looking for some validation of my thought process
, and to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious. There might not be much in it either way.
Pics of both bikes:
- Campy Chorus 10-speed everywhere
- Mavic Ksyrium wheels
1997 Colnago Competition, "Crystal" steel oval tubing
- mix of Campy 9-speed Mirage (brakes), Xenon (shifters) and Chorus (f & r derailleurs)
- Mavic MA-40 w/Campy Mirage hubs
I can't keep both of these two bikes, as much as I'd like to, as I'm also building up another (a 1997 Litespeed Catalyst) that'll be a keeper. But I need to pay for it, too.
I enjoy both bikes, but I'm leaning towards keeping the Colnago. I have two other Bianchis that I'll keep (a Sprint 76 winter trainer with lots of "patina", and a '96 Ti Megatube that I'll take to the grave).
Would I be better off swapping the nicer Chorus 10-speed components & wheelset from the Bianchi onto the Colnago? It'll hurt the resale, but probably not by much. Might even be easier to sell a cheaper bike; and it'd improve the ride of the Colnago.
Just looking for some validation of my thought process
, and to make sure I'm not overlooking something obvious. There might not be much in it either way.Pics of both bikes:
01-25-17, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by dougphoto
i'd keep the colnago and do the wheel and group swap.
01-25-17, 11:39 AM
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If you can't swap components i'd keep the bianchi. If you can then put the chorus and wheels on the 'Nago and sell the bianchi.
01-25-17, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by lsberrios1
If you can't swap components i'd keep the bianchi. If you can then put the chorus and wheels on the 'Nago and sell the bianchi.
Thanks everybody for the support!
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What an agonizing decision to have to make! They're both gorgeous bikes.
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Not that you can have too many bikes, but you have a Klein, that's enough aluminum. More steel. Wait a minute... am I not in the C/V forum anymore?
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I'd keep whichever one I preferred the ride on. But from just an aesthetic POV I'd keep the Bianchi. That bike looks tight, imo.
I guess you could ask yourself, what if you had to lose all your bikes except for 1 and the choice was between those two bikes. Which would you keep?
I guess you could ask yourself, what if you had to lose all your bikes except for 1 and the choice was between those two bikes. Which would you keep?
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Majority opinion may rule, but I'm going to dissent. At first I was agreeing with everyone on keeping the Colnago and doing the swap like you said. But although I'm no fan of aluminum bikes, with their globby welds and all, there's something about that Bianchi... It seems kind of expressive and special, and I wouldn't want to let it go. The Colnago on the other hand is rather disappointing - just another prestige-brand vintage-y bike.
At first I was agreeing with everyone on keeping the Colnago and doing the swap like you said. But although I'm no fan of aluminum bikes, with their globby welds and all, there's something about that Bianchi... It seems kind of expressive and special, and I wouldn't want to let it go. The Colnago on the other hand is rather disappointing - just another prestige-brand vintage-y bike.
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After swapping the groupsets, I think I've improved the Colnago quite a bit, without degrading the Bianchi at all. I haven't done a road test on each yet (too damn cold and windy in Dublin at the moment), but I expect the Bianchi to work just as well as before, with the Campy-mix 9-speed; and I expect the Colnago to be much nicer with the Chorus 10-speed.
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