Bianchi Campione d'italia ID and parts help!
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Bianchi Campione d'italia ID and parts help!
Hi guys,
Found this awesome frame in an estate sale and jumped on it. Trying to figure out what it is so I can start finding the appropriate parts to rebuild it! Specifically, looking for any info on the right BB and Headset, as well as any other recommendations.
I can't post pics yet, but it is a Campione D'Italia, in Celeste Green. It has external cable routing on top of the frame for a single cable, similar to what you'd see on a cyclocross bike or something. On the bottom of the frame, it has 'A400' marked into it, and there's an old sticker that is hard to read, but I can see '41185059' Not sure if thats a serial number or partial serial.
It also is marked with Dedacciai Double butted Cro-Mo tubing on both the frame and the fork, and has 'Made in Italy' 'Campione Del Mondo' and 'Campagnolo Equipped' stickers on it.
I have a ton of pics, and will get them up as soon as the forum allows.
Thanks!
Found this awesome frame in an estate sale and jumped on it. Trying to figure out what it is so I can start finding the appropriate parts to rebuild it! Specifically, looking for any info on the right BB and Headset, as well as any other recommendations.
I can't post pics yet, but it is a Campione D'Italia, in Celeste Green. It has external cable routing on top of the frame for a single cable, similar to what you'd see on a cyclocross bike or something. On the bottom of the frame, it has 'A400' marked into it, and there's an old sticker that is hard to read, but I can see '41185059' Not sure if thats a serial number or partial serial.
It also is marked with Dedacciai Double butted Cro-Mo tubing on both the frame and the fork, and has 'Made in Italy' 'Campione Del Mondo' and 'Campagnolo Equipped' stickers on it.
I have a ton of pics, and will get them up as soon as the forum allows.
Thanks!
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Hi guys,
Found this awesome frame in an estate sale and jumped on it. Trying to figure out what it is so I can start finding the appropriate parts to rebuild it! Specifically, looking for any info on the right BB and Headset, as well as any other recommendations.
I can't post pics yet, but it is a Campione D'Italia, in Celeste Green. It has external cable routing on top of the frame for a single cable, similar to what you'd see on a cyclocross bike or something. On the bottom of the frame, it has 'A400' marked into it, and there's an old sticker that is hard to read, but I can see '41185059' Not sure if thats a serial number or partial serial.
It also is marked with Dedacciai Double butted Cro-Mo tubing on both the frame and the fork, and has 'Made in Italy' 'Campione Del Mondo' and 'Campagnolo Equipped' stickers on it.
I have a ton of pics, and will get them up as soon as the forum allows.
Thanks!
Found this awesome frame in an estate sale and jumped on it. Trying to figure out what it is so I can start finding the appropriate parts to rebuild it! Specifically, looking for any info on the right BB and Headset, as well as any other recommendations.
I can't post pics yet, but it is a Campione D'Italia, in Celeste Green. It has external cable routing on top of the frame for a single cable, similar to what you'd see on a cyclocross bike or something. On the bottom of the frame, it has 'A400' marked into it, and there's an old sticker that is hard to read, but I can see '41185059' Not sure if thats a serial number or partial serial.
It also is marked with Dedacciai Double butted Cro-Mo tubing on both the frame and the fork, and has 'Made in Italy' 'Campione Del Mondo' and 'Campagnolo Equipped' stickers on it.
I have a ton of pics, and will get them up as soon as the forum allows.
Thanks!
You may be able to upload to your album and they could get migrated here.
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Thanks for posting. It is somewhat newer than mine, given the decals, the vertical dropouts, and the unicrown fork.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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It looks a lot like my 1995 Campione D'Italia except mine has inside the top tube rear brake cable routing. Mine came with Campagnolo Mirage group, and Campagnolo rims. Mine also has the "made in Italy" decals, but the serial number and threading suggest the frame was actually made in Japan. As one member said, it depends whet your definition of "made" is.
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Yeah, the cable routing threw me, as most of the ones i've been able to find with these decals also have the internal routing (which I actually prefer, tbh).
Which threading was yours? I'm trying to find a BB fairly quickly, but don't know how to figure out if it's italian or english.
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Dunno if I would doubt the "made in Italy" sticker but in '95 I don't think Japan would have been the 'cheap labor' alternative, more likely Taiwan if anything, but would Bianchi have routed Italian Deda tubing all the way to Asia to cut the labor cost corner?...I cannot say. Still it was a documented thing that "made in" was being loosely interpreted to be more like "final finish and assembly in" in some cases and some countries (with "creative legal teams').
In any case: does this have a BSC/ISO threaded BB shell? It should be a super quick investigation: the DS will have left-handed threads if BSC/ISO and the shell width 'should be' 68mm rather than 70mm
In any case: does this have a BSC/ISO threaded BB shell? It should be a super quick investigation: the DS will have left-handed threads if BSC/ISO and the shell width 'should be' 68mm rather than 70mm
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Thanks for the info! I didn't realize the unicrown was an identifier for year, i'll have to look more closely. I def. prefer a lugged/segmented fork, now that I know they're around, I might actually look out for one that would be an easy swap.
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Yeah, the cable routing threw me, as most of the ones i've been able to find with these decals also have the internal routing (which I actually prefer, tbh).
Which threading was yours? I'm trying to find a BB fairly quickly, but don't know how to figure out if it's italian or english.
Which threading was yours? I'm trying to find a BB fairly quickly, but don't know how to figure out if it's italian or english.
Tip: never throw away small parts and fittings. My current Bianchi came with an aluminum BB lockring which started to chip and fail. Fortunately, I had saved the steel lockring from my lowly 1962 Bianchi Corsa, the frame of which I had scrapped after it failed.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
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Dunno if I would doubt the "made in Italy" sticker but in '95 I don't think Japan would have been the 'cheap labor' alternative, more likely Taiwan if anything, but would Bianchi have routed Italian Deda tubing all the way to Asia to cut the labor cost corner?...I cannot say. Still it was a documented thing that "made in" was being loosely interpreted to be more like "final finish and assembly in" in some cases and some countries (with "creative legal teams').
In any case: does this have a BSC/ISO threaded BB shell? It should be a super quick investigation: the DS will have left-handed threads if BSC/ISO and the shell width 'should be' 68mm rather than 70mm
In any case: does this have a BSC/ISO threaded BB shell? It should be a super quick investigation: the DS will have left-handed threads if BSC/ISO and the shell width 'should be' 68mm rather than 70mm
I'm not super hung up on where it was made, but agree with your logic regarding the shipping/labor costs.
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measure twice, but also check if the DS is righthand threading by trying any (either) Italian or Brit/ISO cup: it either "goes" or "no-goes" and there's your answer. People often mis-measure the width of a given shell, 2mm is within the "fudge" tolerance.
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