classy bianchi road bike (late 80's)

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Frame / Size / Year:
Bianchi SportSX frame powdercoated olive green with brown painted Bianchi accents (japanese cr-mo tubing)

Handlebars / Stem:
Sakae drop bars; brown cloth bartape; cork plugs; black Diacomp hoods; Diacomp aero levers; Jagwire silver braided cables

Fork / Headset:
Bianchi SportSX fork; stock (unknown) headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
unknown gold anodized box rim; 700x20c Matrix CD4K gumwall tires; Modolo Speedy brakes; Jagwire Sleek Pro Road shoes

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
unknown gold anodized box rim; 700x23c Panaracer Tourguard gumwall tires; Modolo Speedy brakes; Jagwire Sleek Pro Road shoes

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Shimano 600 crankset; rebuilt stock (unknown) bottom bracket

Saddle / Seat Post:
brown leather Koga Myata saddle; Kalloy 26.6x350mm seat post

Pedals / Chain:
unknown pedals; MKS leathered toe clips; VO leather toe clip straps; brown Z Chain Z51

Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
no front derailleur; Shimano 600 shifters; Shimano 600 rear derailleur; your mom

Notes:

*the blue pictures are the bike when i bought it. it was covered in surface rust and was taken completely apart for the rebuild.*

the bike was recently tore entirely apart, cleaned up, glass bead blasted, powder coated, polished, and rebuilt...

green tape was removed for help twine. she rides beautifully. its a good start. plenty of room for improved components. full shimano 600 group. its pretty much a sex machine.

some more changes after the pics...

People who friended this bike knapprobert, abstrait, hpaul3, Shannons2008, GEORGEPALMA, SquadraCorse, unojoe, 79esprit, vincent, arkiemark, NinjaMilitia, Phonebooker

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That thing is gorgeous. Very

Submitted by SquadraCorse on 12/16/2008.

That thing is gorgeous. Very well done.

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Great color!

Submitted by hpaul3 on 11/23/2008.

Very nicely done. How was the powdercoating process for you? Does it obscure the lug detail? I have two or three bikes I'd like to powdercoat.

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process was good. lug detail was okay. the stamped "bianchi" on the frame and "b" on the fork arent as pronounced as they were before but i highlighted those with brown paint afterwards anyways. i had mine clearcoated to protect the powdercoat as well. the only thing that was obscured was the serial number on the bottom bracket.

i definitely recommend it. i was very happy with the results. make sure you get it done at a good place and they watch out for and plug the threads, clearances, and holes on the bike.

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Hey!

Submitted by night tiger on 10/31/2008.

It came out great!! Nice color choice, too! (Maybe leave a "before" picture up to show the progress?)

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before pics

Submitted by 79esprit on 11/02/2008.

just threw one up... thanks!

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nice frame

Submitted by RobbieTunes on 10/08/2008.

Good luck. I'm sure it will look nice, and ride that way, too.

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thank you

Submitted by satapana on 10/08/2008.

for not converting it to a fixed gear

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what kind of tubing is the

Submitted by night tiger on 10/07/2008.

what kind of tubing is the frame? I can't make out the stickers in the pics.
Cheers,
N_T

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tubing

Submitted by 79esprit on 10/08/2008.

its the cr-mo... its a japanese-built bianchi

added a few more pics to help

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Right on! The Japanese make

Submitted by night tiger on 10/09/2008.

Right on! The Japanese make great frames. I had a Nishiki with Champion 2 tubing that handled like a dream and was extremely light. I really like the fork crowns on your bike, should come out quite nice.

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"Track bike"

Submitted by Bike Critic on 10/07/2008.

So I'm just wondering: in what sense is this a "track bike"?

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its not...

Submitted by 79esprit on 10/07/2008.

mistaken tag fixed... my bad

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