NDL

The final part of my Neo Retro build is up. I know the purists would tell me to put a campy groupo on it, but there is nothing in the marketplace nearby that's affordable. SRAM is what I already have in my parts stash, and they work just fine.

bibliobob

Just added a '64 Team Issue replica to the stable, to keep the '54 CdM company. Will add some white cotton bar tape after a shake down ride or two.

bibliobob

Nice McGoo ! Any photos of it built up?

mackgoo

I ended up accepting with wife/budget by the time I sourced the parts and got it together I had to let it go. Look what I found a few weeks ago. I took it for a shake down ride yesterday, I ended up cutting the chain too short and had to wait on a new one. It was great. Surprisingly the UnicaNitor is comfy and I really like the plastic bar tape. I was really happy. I did my typical run in my typical time. The gearing is from the time when men were men, 54x46 in the front and 14x22 5sp out back. The last part of the ride has a hill about a mile long with the last half mile running a grade of 5-11%. Man that last part I was standing and grinding. I'm keeping the gearing though because everything is original, it's a time capsule.

bibliobob

That's a beauty. Congrats!

QuikRick

I wasn't looking for another bike but this frame pretty much followed me home. 1994 Bianchi TSX. I had the 8 speed Campagnolo Record/C-Record group in the garage.

Desertrats97

Here is my neo retro 86 campi0ne de italia. Latest iteration DA7800 triple (getting older).

Desertrats97

Kid always asks to borrow mine so i just finished upgrading to DA 7700.

36Chambers

I hope this is the right place for this. Not a complete bike and it has Been a minute since my last post. Can anyone identify this Bianchi? When I got it it had royal gran compe brake levers and calipers, with shimano 105 components. The rear wheel looked like a shimano 600 hub on it, and it had 6 cogs on the back. The downtube shifters are for 6 speed and they are indexed/friction. The cable guides near the bb are over the bb. I was curious about the three water bottle bosses. I was trying to identify the model and I was having a hard time. Serial number is on the bb, I can share if that will help. The words cromo are written on the side of the fork

The fork has Bianchi stamped into it. looks awesome, but I am not sure if I have seen this on anything else. It has three water bottle bosses and the eyelets on the rear dropouts. Sugino crankset is how I found it. And the pedals are awesome mks in great shape. After I find out what it is, then I need to build it up. How to build it up then becomes the question.

Bianchigirll 

What's with the Comumbus stickers? An '88 Brava had a Tange frame and the fork is incorrect too for an '88. Do you have any before pics?

Bianchigirll 

This is intriguing. I don't think I've ever seen a Bianchi Fork like that, but it's strange that the rest of the frame is free from any Bianchi cartouche. What's on the dropouts? The three bottle bosses are interesting too. IN the US market I think the only bike with triple bottle bosses and sloping crown is the '86 Portofino but it has B on the crown.

Your fork bares a slight resemblense to the beautiful Cenili crown on my '87 Mondiale but it has sharper edges and no cutout.

Maxey

Here's my 1990 Project 7 I stumbled upon locally a few months ago, and is turning me into a Bianchi enthusiast. It's still a bit of a work in progress as I am trying to source the correct XC Pro brakes and am having a functional issue with the front Tektro brakes. Still retains most of its XC Pro parts and original components, and was obviously well-loved by the previous owner who was also responsible for the purple middle ring and seat post binder bolt. Reportedly one of only 125 P7s made in 1990 so dare I say an extremely rare bike.
Disregard the Grizzly decals as it is not, in fact, a Grizzly! Apparently the 1990s were built without a top tube decal, but someone at Bianchi decided at the last moment that they would add a Grizzly decal for whatever reason as in 'Well, we better put something on there.'

SJX426 

On the fork ID. I think the red Beanchi fork looks very close to the one on my Trek 610 from 1984

Mr. 66

I think the red forks ‘Bianchi’ looks hand written

aceves 

Hi Bianchigirll! You are correct, the frame had different tube stickers - Formula Two. I did not have any of those stickers around, so I took some liberty and added what I had on hand. The fork is original to the frame, that’s what came with it when I bought it. I do have the before pics, in the “Before and After” thread. This was a full custom resto-mod project, so I was not going for originality. Just a cool, single-speed pub bike! Thanks for checking out the pics and for your observations! Happy riding!

aceves

36Chambers

no markings on the drop outs. It does has recessed brakes. The guy I got it from was adamant the fork matches the frame. maybe it was modified and resprayed?

Aubergine 

This I believe is a circa 1962 Record. Not original; it had some original parts when I bought it (I think) but I like to ride my old bikes so I put some alu wheels on it and upgraded some of the parts to Gran Sport. The wheels are 27" ones; as you might be able to see from the brake pads, a 700c would not fit.



The crank uses Spécialités TA triple rings. 52/48/44. Practically useless, but funky.





Note the headset integrated into the head tube. (This is a before pic. I replaced the stem with an older vintage, and rewrapped the bars. The Universal center pull brakes are original.)

Bianchigirll 

So we hava double misidentified frame. This is a Rubino Red '86 with incorrect Bianchi decals. While the generic Columbus decal is OK, I guess, getting the correct decals would be a great idea.

bfuser10291295 

Small build Bianchi Brava for a friend

celesteguy 

Bianchi Deda Zero steel frame circa 99 with Alpha Q fork and Sram Red group.

Weighs 14.9 lbs as pictured.

I have the original steel fork, but it's threaded which is not in keeping with the current build. Also the Alpha Q fork is cut too long I'd like to find a look HSC or an Easton SLX fork that I could paint to match and cut to fit the frame. Current fork has an epoxied insert and length can't change.

Extremely fun and fast ride.

Bianchigirll 

Nice '87 Brava. That's a nice riding bike, it uses the same frame as dearly departed Sport SX. Judging by the wheels it doesn't seem to have seen much use. I'd like one of these but they are always the wrong size, too expensive, too far away or all three.