First Conversion - Vintage Bianchi
 

Picked up this old Bianchi off craigslist. I still have no idea what it was exactly besides the fact that it had a Campangolo Valentino Extra gruppo which dates it to around '70-'71
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/...9_530284_o.jpg

The gruppo was ****ty, so I decided to strip it.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._1156986_o.jpg

And sand it.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._6180843_o.jpg


Primered it.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._6070705_o.jpg

Found a color similar to Celeste Green that I got mixed into rattlecans and painted the damn thang.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._3179664_o.jpg
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._2126452_o.jpg

The paint used was a PPG "Omni" Base..not really sure what Omni is but all the guys at the paint shop sure seem to hate it. I assume its a new eco friendly paint that the EPA watered down. Also, the paint was just a base, so a few healthy sessions of gloss clearcoat went down.

Anyways, I got the parts and threw it together.

http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/..._6093148_o.jpg

It has:
170mm 46t Vuelta Pista Crankset
18t Surly Fixed
16t Dicta FW
Miche Primato Pista BB
All-City Pedals with Forte clips and straps
Forte Saddle (hopefully to be replaced with a Brooks)
ViNtAgE GB Drops that were on the bike originally (I wanna replace that with the bianchi pista curve drops)
Weinmann DP18's with Origin 8 flipflop wrapped in Rubino Pro's

Not pictured:
White bar tape
Got rid of the white KMC chain pictured and replaced it with a Spank Half Link chain thats pretty rugged.
Front Shimano Ultegra-Quality Brake
Me fixing the headset spacer and wiggle issues tomorrow.

Overall, pretty fun experience and I wanna keep playing around building bikes up and stuff.

-Chris

Great move on going for celeste! :thumb:

It would be awesome if you could get some bianchi decals and perhaps a headbadge/decal.

Ahh yeah forgot to mention that..the bike looks a bit empty without the decals and i'd really like to find a legit headbadge but im not sure where to find one on the nets.

Assuming you mean legit is the real deal, from another bianchi; they're expensive at all places, even ebay... Your best bet is for a decal headbadge if you're not willing to drop the premium for a metal one.

http://www.velocals.com/servlet/the-...cing-12/Detail

http://stores.ebay.com/Cyclomondo

Have fun, the bike looks great!

Also, I like this style of Bianchi decal. Very classic.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bianchi-Vintage-...d#ht_968wt_954

Welcome to BFSSFG! Cool conversion, and I like all the pics. :thumb:

thats the exact decal set im going to order pretty soon here, in black though.

Plug those bars.

Take that image to a graphics shop and for $20 they'll print you out 3 sets of the exact same thing.

Think it would look (and more importantly, ride) sweet with some decent bar tape, hoods and a front brake. Track drops on the street are about as comfortable as wearing a metal atheletic cup in a sauna.