My 1962 (?) Bianchi

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Frame / Size / Year:
Bianchi 1965 (?) Specialissima (?)

Handlebars / Stem:
3ttt stem, Cinelli Giro d'Italia handlebar

Fork / Headset:
Bianchi fork, Campagnolo Record headset

Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Nisi 32-spoke, Campagnolo Record hub

Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Nisi 32-spoke, Campagnolo Record hub

Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Campagnolo Record

Saddle / Seat Post:
Brooks Professional saddle, Campagnolo seatpost

Pedals / Chain:
Campagnolo Record pedals, Regina chain

Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
Campy Record

Notes:

I am Italian and live in Milan, still this beauty gets a lot of attention. My pride+joy, I use it to commute daily to/from work (20km each way), bought it from a friend and slowly added Campy bits and the Brooks Saddle (Grazie Paolo). BTW my wife is now jealous.
More info: I went to visit maestro Alberto Masi at his workshop in the Vigorelli velodrome in Milan. He recognised the hand of Gilardi as the builder of the bike, which by the way is from the Reparto Corse, and likely to be from 1962.

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1965?

Submitted by JXCO on 10/13/2009.

one of my favorite bianchis on here for sure. looks damn good for a 1965

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Now That Is My Kind of Bike

Submitted by gridplan on 12/25/2007.

Wow!

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i adore this bike: elegant,

Submitted by domestique on 04/17/2007.

i adore this bike: elegant, charming, celestial....
bianchi historicity and sixties aesthetics! fabulous!

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looking at this bike

Submitted by All Filler on 03/18/2007.

just makes me smile.
hmm.

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beautiful bike. classic and

Submitted by ponyboy_curtis on 01/15/2007.

beautiful bike.
classic and elegant

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very nice! have you got it

Submitted by Olli-B on 01/14/2007.

very nice! have you got it from your grandfather? :-) i never liked bianchi, but this one is amazing...

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Grandfather...

Submitted by delafuente on 01/15/2007.

No, from my mate Paolo, vintage bikes' great mogul.

By the way, can anybody shed some light on the bike's age and model? I guessed them by looking on some Japanese guy's webpage, but I (and he) could be wrong (and there are differences between his and mine).
http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/my_bianchi/1967%20spesialissima.htm

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Bianchi

Submitted by gridplan on 12/25/2007.

Have you posted your question to the Classic Rendezvous crowd? You may already know this, but the list is a great place to discuss vintage (only pre-1983 and KOF) bicycles. You can search the archives here:

http://search.bikelist.org/query.asp?SearchString=&pg=1&showform=true&Scope=classicrendezvous

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