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Old 01-17-10, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wrk101
I am trying to ID this Bianchi basketcase. I have already got the stuck seat post out, and I think the bike is rebuildable. It looks similar to the 1981 Nuovo Racing from the catalogs above, but the decals are wrong, the tubing decal is on the down tube, not the seat tube. Since the decal on the top tube states: "Nuova Racing", sounds like the model name on this one.

The components are pretty much a dead on match with the 1981 Nuovo Racing: Universal 77 brake calipers, Nuovo Record derailleurs and levers, Ofmega crankset, headset and bb, Mavic Module E rims, Superbe brake levers (hoods are long gone), etc. Unfortunately, the Campy derailleurs are in really rough shape, anything that is steel (springs and bolts) is really rusted up. The seat post just has the script G P near the top. No other markings. Made in Italy decal. I may have to put some Suntour Blueline components on it, as they are the closest I have in the bin.

Seat post is 27.2mm. Stem is Cinelli, bars are TTT.

I haven't found a serial number anywhere on this bike. Depending on how well the rebuild goes, this one could be a keeper. The next step is an oxalic bath.

As found:


Top tube model label:

This bike looks very similar to a frame I had and recently traded off to a fellow who has rebuilt it. I tried to identify my frame for a long time and then finally saw a bike just like it. It was 'Rekord 849' at least I think that was the number. There is also a Rekord 748 model. My frame we now believe to have been a 1981. It did come with the square/rectangular metal headbadge and like this one the cable boss for the RD was under the chainstay. I never did find a SN on the frame even after I had it walnut blasted. It did have some campy parts with it, braze-on shifter bosses and Gipiemme dropouts, a 'B' in a circle on the seat stay caps and Panto'd 'Bianchi' on the fork crown with two bars.
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