Bianchi 90s Frame ID Help
06-29-18, 12:53 AM
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Bianchi 90s Frame ID Help (EDIT: bike completed)
This Bianchi frame I’m looking at in the local ads caught my attention. It doesn’t seem to be as nicely detailed as the high-end models from the mid 90s, though. What puzzles me is that the bottom bracket is lugged while the rest of the joints are welded. Also the rear dropouts do not have the usual cutouts, but are solid metal. Can anyone guess where in the Bianchi model lineup this frame might have had its place?
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06-29-18, 04:25 AM
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Not sure what model, late 90's i would say. It looks like Deccadi tubing, judging by the forks, how the seat stays connect to the seattube, the dropouts, and the seatpost clamp. (not sure but have a feeling the partially lugged points that way too), though just an 'educated guess'.
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Not sure what model, late 90's i would say. It looks like Deccadi tubing, judging by the forks, how the seat stays connect to the seattube, the dropouts, and the seatpost clamp. (not sure but have a feeling the partially lugged points that way too), though just an 'educated guess'.
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I do wonder though if this is mid-level, low-end or perhaps quite high-end.
06-30-18, 01:20 PM
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No clue, dear forum fellows? I’ve been searching the net these last two days for 90s Bianchi models and I can’t find anything to match these details (the tubular chainstays bridge and the dropouts without cutouts).
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i suspect it is an upper mid level frame. What is the size of the Seatpost? Most of ate in the US and Canada so often foreign models stump us.
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I know what you say about US and European models being quite different especially with Bianchis. Last winter I found a Bianchi SL470 mtb, which nobody on the forum heard about. Only last week I found a scan of an Austrian Bianchi katalog from 1996, and this model was right there. If you’re curious, here’s the link:
https://www.rennrad-news.de/forum/at...96-pdf.440144/
If anyone else will be interested in the furure in this catalogue and the link does not work anymore, I saved a copy. Just PM me your email address and I’ll send it to you.
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Made in Italy sticker usually a plus. 
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Well, I bought it. I kindly asked my friend to pick it up for me, as he lives in the same city with the seller. I’ll see the frame in August, when I get there.
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After more than one year of gathering parts I’ve finished building the Bianchi frame. It’s a neo-retro, or retro-mod, whatever you like to call it. It’s built with Campagnolo 11 speed parts: Campagnolo Record hubs laced 3x on Mavic Open Pro CD rims with Sapim D-Light (rear) and Sapim Laser spokes (front), Campagnolo Potenza levers and derailleurs, Centaur 5 bolt crankset, vintage (NOS) 3T Mutant stem, Fabric Scoop Flat Race saddle, Easton EA70 seatpost, Look Keo 2 Max pedals, Fabric sillicone bar tape, bling KMC gold chain.
Today I took it out for a first spin. I feel good on it, but I think I have to get accustomed to a lot of new things before I can somewhat realistically compare it to my old 8 speed Olmo. This is my first time on an 11 speed Campagnolo groupset, first compact bars, first gold chain
Today I took it out for a first spin. I feel good on it, but I think I have to get accustomed to a lot of new things before I can somewhat realistically compare it to my old 8 speed Olmo. This is my first time on an 11 speed Campagnolo groupset, first compact bars, first gold chain
