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Old 02-22-21, 09:50 AM
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Is this a real Bianchi?

I seriously doubt it. Looks like a less than tasteful repaint with new decals. Headtube decal is only white, not multicolored. Likely a Bianchi stem stuck on a generic frame. No, I'm not interested in buying it...just making conversation. Is this a Bianchi?

https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bi...280443577.html





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Old 02-22-21, 09:59 AM
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Volpe?
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Old 02-22-21, 10:04 AM
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With that grey and blue striped livery, it looks like it should be Atala.

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Maybe, but when you get down to that level Bianchi anyway you shouldn't be paying a premium over any other mass produced brand.
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Looks very authentic to me, other than the paint. The DT cable adjusters are somewhat distinctive on this entry-level Bianchi.
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Old 02-22-21, 11:11 AM
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I say no. By the time Bianchi got to using tig, mig and fillet brazing most of the frames had vertical dropouts. I'd have to spend a lot of time looking through the 2000 catalogs but that paint scheme doesn't seem very Bianchi to me. Where is this bike?
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Old 02-22-21, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Bianchigirll
I say no. By the time Bianchi got to using tig, mig and fillet brazing most of the frames had vertical dropouts. I'd have to spend a lot of time looking through the 2000 catalogs but that paint scheme doesn't seem very Bianchi to me. Where is this bike?
It's in San Antonio. There is a link to the ad. I highly suspect this was a repaint with new decals. He says he cannot read the serial number. Interesting note...there are braze-on fittings at the mid point of the front fork.
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Originally Posted by Phil_gretz
Volpe?
A Volpe would have canti brakes
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Originally Posted by icemilkcoffee
A Volpe would have canti brakes
What if the brake studs and rear center cable bridge were removed before the re-paint? Just speculating...
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I believe that I sold an example of this exact model a couple of years ago. It wasn't a Volpe and just had these same lower-tier D-P calipers.

The keyed cable adjuster plates on the downtube are something I have not seen on many other bikes, making me feel 95% certain that this bike is the same entry-level, Shimano-equipped Bianchi as I had. All of the other features seem consistent as well, though I don't recall the dropout type.

I get that selling bikes with an incorrect, more prestigious brand stickered on does happen on Craigslist, but this just isn't one of those.
Likely an original toothpaste color just wasn't what a previous owner wanted, as to some it looks feminine.
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Originally Posted by Phil_gretz
What if the brake studs and rear center cable bridge were removed before the re-paint? Just speculating...
by the time the Volpe went lugless it would have had vertical dropouts
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The first thing that I noticed, actually jumped out at me, was the rear drops. They do not look like any Bianchi that has come my way. If the OP is in the market to purchase, I suggest looking elsewhere.

The Volpe is a really nice bike and I had one many years ago ICanti brakes)...


To this day, I still have my early eighties Bianchi Touring, a really decent nice riding and darn near bullet proof bike (Canti brakes). I ride this every year, for five months in Jamaica, except this year of the virus...
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Is it possible this was a Bianchi for an alternative market? Like a Verata or something? San Remo? Then had the cantis chopped for someone who wanted the more racing look?

Looks like an odd transitional period based on the drop-outs versus the fork rake (that could be a replacement).
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It's a Bianchi Brava. These had the same exact Sora group, the same DT cable adjusters, even the same horizontal dropouts.

I don't recognize the rims as having the same labels as mine did, but if the hubs aren't Sora than the wheels have been swapped.
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Ahhh...yes. That fits.
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