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Originally Posted by cboyne

I bought a celeste Bianchi frame on Ebay. The serial number is- AS21881

I have never seen the decal set on another frame. There are a series of hash marks with a gradiant on the seat tube and the downtube behind 'Bianchi'.

There are pictures here- http://thisbianchi.blogspot.com/

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Originally Posted by Bianchigirl

that decal style dates from the early '80s, but most of the bikes I see in the '81 '82 catalog with that decal design are lower level and no Celeste. are there any frame material decals?

I suspect this is a 1982 Canadian market model. It is definitely of Japanese manufacture. Based on what appears to be an Ishiwata 022 (?) decal on the forks, the most likely candidate would be a Limited.

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