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    • CommentAuthorBIKE NYC
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2009 edited
     
    We've all seen the thousands of stock Bianchi Pistas on the road. They're beautiful bikes but could use a little tweaking from the stock components. What are the nicest Pista set-ups that you've seen either on Velospace or another site?
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    by the way, whats the significance of the "Pista" suffix i see on so many different brands of bikes. i know masi has one, so does cinelli... what does "pista" mean?
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    Italian-English
    pista (f)
    n. track, scent, trail; clue; ring, racetrack, speedway
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    Posted By: terrible_one49

    I wonder why he picked that one?
    • CommentAuthorfilthpunx
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2009
     
    personally, the only bianchi pistas i like are the super abused cracked ones, no longer on the road.way too many kids got em nowadays
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    Yeah, at this point there is nothing special about them, or their looks. I'm curious about the Pista Classica frameset:


    I'm a sucker for chromed lugs.
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2009 edited
     
    PISTA MEANS TRACK

    It also means clue, as in "get a..."
    • CommentAuthorsfbee
    • CommentTimeOct 2nd 2009
     
    Posted By: SkidMarkPISTA MEANS TRACK

    It also means clue, as in "get a..."


    I'm totally getting a raging clue right now ...


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    SkidMark means business.
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    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I THINK I'M GETTING A CLUE!


    I'VE GOT A RAGING CLUE RIGHT NOW!
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    It's sad, there haven't been any threads I've cared to comment upon lately, but this particular one I did.
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2009
     
    pista - n. track, scent, trail; clue; ring, racetrack, speedway

    Sorry gotta be careful with them intellectual jokes...

    better stick to South Park.
    • CommentAuthorquidose
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2009
     
    99% of Bianchi Pistas you see these days are a drop in the bucket, nothing special no matter what. Mid-to-late-80's Pistas (circa 1986-9, before many users of this site were born), lugged with Columbus tubing were the only good ones Bianchi ever produced. Such as seen here, which is an example of the frames I'm referring to - http://velospace.org/node/1437

    This one, with the opposite paint scheme, is for sale for $1200 - http://velospace.org/node/2265
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    the old ones are awsome...borderline wet dream
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    Those 2 old ones are AWESOME!
    I have a 2002, wish it had nicer stuff

    http://velospace.org/node/23772
    • CommentAuthorthe rabbi
    • CommentTimeOct 3rd 2009
     
    this was my 2005 pista. i cracked it and it's long gone.

    • CommentAuthorBIKE NYC
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009 edited
     
    yea I just heard about that pista classica frameset, That should be pretty awesome. Does anyone have any idea what the price could be?
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    My guess is between $600 and $800 depending on tubeset.
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009
     
    The Classica has a slack 72.5 headtube angle. Totally ruins it for me. That, and the brake holes. I do like the threadless, but the straight fork, not so much.
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    Yeah, Bianchi has all but given up on true track bikes. I'm a street rider and have never so much as set foot on a bike track, so I really don't care about track geometry. Maybe some time in the future, if I'm up in Portland...
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009
     
    I prefer 74 degrees on the street as well.
    • CommentAuthorAaron C
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009
     
    you're so hardcore!
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009
     
    I don't know why but in America's Best Cycling City the asshole car drivers tend to hug the curb on streets with no bike lane. I'm in no mood to sit in traffic so this means going over a lane and then lane-splitting and then cutting back over. Steep angle/short wheelbase rules for this. I'm not hardcore just impatient.
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    Yeah, you have quicker turns, but you also have more serious issues if a passing biker/car/homeless individual bumps your bars.
    I realize that the site is filled with people who ride 74/75 on the streets, I just don't get it.
    • CommentAuthorSkidMark
    • CommentTimeOct 4th 2009
     
    Steeper head angle=more trail so more stable at speed. If anything it tracks better than my other bikes.

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