not bad for £20

volvine

i bought this in a LBS paid only £20 i thought it was a bargain i originally only wanted it to through on the turbo trainer but thought i would treat it to some TLC and i reckon i have got myself a cracking winter trainer now what you reckon?
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The Mechanic

For 20 quid I'd agee.

Lagavulin

Nice find. 8)

Steve Kish

That's a stupidly good bargain!! Lucky buggah!! :P

JC.152

looks a good bargain you could almost get your money back by selling the bontrager tyres

deano276

certainly cant argue for £20!!

majormantra

£20! Must be quite the LBS... You've even got celeste straps. What groupset is that?

Matthew

volvine

the Groupset is called QUATTRO ever heard of it i haven't was out on it this afternoon for the first time quite enjoyed it bar for the pedals they will have to go i will have to put some look's on there but all in all i loved it

airborne_warrior

Looks like a 1989 Bianchi Campione D'Italia. I know the late 80's models came with Quattro groupset.

volvine

yes that is what is writen on the top tube so its 1989 cool

snakehips

Great purchase , I am overcome with jealousy !

STEFANOS4784

Airborne Warrior wrote:

Looks like a 1989 Bianchi Campione D'Italia. I know the late 80's models came with Quattro groupset.

:shock: , now that's some good spotting 8)

crankycrank

I bought one of those new about 20yrs ago. You certainly got a good deal. Just clean and lube your hubs, bottom bracket and headset often as they are not quite the quality of their Shimano counterparts. The frame is bombproof though. Oh, and check the tightness of the bottom bracket every so often, they can come undone at the worst time. (Facking Italian BB threads :twisted: )

volvine

Thanks for that my local bike mechanic has just given it the full going over adjusted a few things and say's it is now spot on the gears on the down tube take a little getting used too though lol

giant_man

You can't complain for 20 quid. Old frame and groupset maybe but great value!!

volvine

sorry for being ignorant but i have only been a roadie a few years and have never known any other groupset other than campag shimano and now sram is Quattro a brand or a name from one of the mentioned companys'???

el_presidente

It is an 80s Audi groupset

tlw1

Great buy - green with envy!

volvine

what Audi as in the car people???????????? :? :? :?

crankycrank

volvine wrote:

sorry for being ignorant but i have only been a roadie a few years and have never known any other groupset other than campag shimano and now sram is Quattro a brand or a name from one of the mentioned companys'???

The Bianchi I owned had a groupset made by the Japanese Suntour company. I can't remember if it was called Quattro or some other group. It should say Suntour on some of the components somewhere. Suntour competed directly with Shimano for a long time and I think it was they who perfected the modern day rear derailleur design and indexed shifting. I believe they went out of business a number of years ago do to falling behind in the developement race.

roger_merriman

pritty much yes they rested on their lawrels and paid the price. shimano went indexed and the rest struggled to catch up, my old red bike, had a load of fricton suntour gears, lovely old bits but fricton is pain, though i've kept it on the front derailer as i can trim any anoying chainrub.

iain_j

Where is this LBS? Might be worth the cost of travelling if there's bargains like that!

balthazar

crankycrank wrote:

The Bianchi I owned had a groupset made by the Japanese Suntour company. I can't remember if it was called Quattro or some other group. It should say Suntour on some of the components somewhere. Suntour competed directly with Shimano for a long time and I think it was they who perfected the modern day rear derailleur design and indexed shifting. I believe they went out of business a number of years ago do to falling behind in the developement race.

I'd get a cup of coffee for this one - Suntour history:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/page35.htm

passout

Yep, which LBS? I'm in Lancs.

volvine

Hi guys it was in Blackburn
i was just passing and thought i would look in i was after a cheap bike for the trainer and he said he had this in the back i thought perfect cheers lol

volvine

anyone know where i would purchase the proper bianchi celeste bar tape for this steed??

hotspur

£20 just about got me 5 pints at the darts on Sunday. That is probably the best bargain I've seen.

I want one!!!!

TheScouser on an Italian

An absolute steal old chap!!.Indeed bloody well bagged.I thought I did well my my little Italian Job,a 52cm Bianchi Gold Race 600. Reparto Corse(2000-2001,I believe),hardly any use judging by the tyres,but they had perished.It had sat in a private warehouse in the Northwest for 5&1/2 yrs,I did not need much arm twisting to part with £195.00.Everything on it was original spec'.New Vittoria Rubino rubbers and off like a rocket.Only a few days later on ebay two went for in excess of £650 quid,they are becoming a bit sort after.I think Bianchi is the oldest cycle manufacturer in the known cycle world,this could have something to do with it.Steel with nice brazed lugs is the new Aluminium with ugly welds removed.My Bianchi is Aluminium with very nice smooth tube joins and a tear drop downtube.Don't sell it,ride it and enjoy a little bit of history.

Slow Downcp

volvine wrote:

anyone know where i would purchase the proper bianchi celeste bar tape for this steed??

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bia ... e-ec012112

Pokerface

volvine wrote:

what Audi as in the car people???????????? :? :? :?

Yes - Audi as in the car people. As in the Audi Quattro. Which was a car they made in the 80's.

The Quattro components on this bike, however, were made by a company called Suntour. Pre-dating Shimano, Sram and Campag.


The Audi reference was a joke.

volvine

£6.99 think that small lay out will be well worth it and possibly finish it off thanks