V-GT Lux or 600 Tri Color?
08-14-22, 11:35 AM
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V-GT Lux or 600 Tri Color?
I just picked up a Bianchi Limited 1984(?) Ishiwata and plan on swapping the Suntour for the Shimano Gearset. My Motobecane Grand Touring has the very same V-GT Lux as the Bianchi, it's amazing how similar they are !, and it is a great set up. That said I like the look and feel of the 600 and the Bianchi has a 600 brake set with drilled levers. The Motobecane has Black Label Vainqueur 999's, super cool.
What do you think do the swap or keep it stock?
By the way, love the Japanese frame, THX
What do you think do the swap or keep it stock?
By the way, love the Japanese frame, THX
08-14-22, 11:42 AM
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If you have the indexed Shimano shifters to go with the other Tricolor bits, do it.
We do need to see more of this Bianchi.
We do need to see more of this Bianchi.
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08-14-22, 12:14 PM
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More of the Bianchi. Yes that is my attempt at free hand but prices for replacement Decals were crazy and I'm not planning on letting it go anytime soon.
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...I had forgotten who you are, until I saw that saddle height setup.
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Keep the Suntour, matches the shifters and works as nice or better.
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The V-GT Luxe performs better than any Shimano, at least until SunTour's patent on the slant parallelogram expired in the mid-80s whereupon Shimano and everybody else quickly adopted it. 600 "Tri-Color" pre-dates that, IIRC. If you have the SunTour ratcheting "Power Shifters," so much the better.
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Blazing Saddles
my favorite Bianchi, I have a set of lowly Shimano Light Action on it, they are beautiful and effortless. I think I'll track down some more before they start fetching silly money. As for the bike colombus steel,forks, was Campy Record before me.No idea of model or year. It's very light and the back bridge is peaked with Bianchi stamped on each side.
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Suntour VG-t or 600 tri-color?
Assuming that both will handle your preferred gearing, and that you're shifting in friction... pick by looks.
Both of them will shift as well as any derailleur ever made by anyone.
--Shannon
Assuming that both will handle your preferred gearing, and that you're shifting in friction... pick by looks.
Both of them will shift as well as any derailleur ever made by anyone.
--Shannon
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You might have trouble with chain wrap if you are sticking with the bigger freewyeel.
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And the winner is Lux
Thankyou all, it seems then that the difference is marginal. I'll keep the SunTour with it's Deco look ,while I see Tri Color all over. Maybe I could swap out the gorgeous black 'Blue Line' on the Lotus for the TC....nah just need another project, here comes the Garlatti
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I just picked up a Bianchi Limited 1984(?) Ishiwata and plan on swapping the Suntour for the Shimano Gearset. My Motobecane Grand Touring has the very same V-GT Lux as the Bianchi, it's amazing how similar they are !, and it is a great set up. That said I like the look and feel of the 600 and the Bianchi has a 600 brake set with drilled levers. The Motobecane has Black Label Vainqueur 999's, super cool.
What do you think do the swap or keep it stock?
By the way, love the Japanese frame, THX
What do you think do the swap or keep it stock?
By the way, love the Japanese frame, THX
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Thankyou all, it seems then that the difference is marginal. I'll keep the SunTour with it's Deco look ,while I see Tri Color all over. Maybe I could swap out the gorgeous black 'Blue Line' on the Lotus for the TC....nah just need another project, here comes the Garlatti
...that Garlatti thread was epic.
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Garlatti
I have updates, a new thread coming
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Positions
Depending on the bike ,.anticipated pace and my sciatica .I'll sprint through S.F. and the EastBay on the Garlatti bum in the air stretching down for the bars .She flies turns on a dime as long as I remember the pedals will ground and helps the nerve pain.For rides to the Peninsula I take the Bianchi, it's missionary position keeping weight off my wrists
The red Bianchi is to big for me .I have the seat post all the way down, great powerstrokes as we all know the red ones are fastest.
The red Bianchi is to big for me .I have the seat post all the way down, great powerstrokes as we all know the red ones are fastest.
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