Pure Bike Porn :-)

NWLondoner

Holy Christ is it me or is the 2010 Bianchi C2C Infinito one hot bike :?:

I am thinking my credit card may be taking a battering next year :twisted:

While i do love my PX an Italian (ok made in Taiwan) bike with Campag is just so appealing

pottssteve

Londoner,
I agree, it is beautiful. Do we have a price?
Steve

System_1

I'm not keen on it. Sorry :oops: Too many new bikes these days are going for that arc to the top tube. Makes them look like a dog taking a dump. Give me a Time RXR Ulteam any day.

keef66

"like a dog taking a dump" - brilliant observation. Must work that into some of my office humour somehow.

Surf-Matt

This car has also been described in the same way:

Le Commentateur

The paint job exaggerates the curve.

Too much white on it for my liking.

dennisn

System wrote:

I'm not keen on it. Sorry :oops: Too many new bikes these days are going for that arc to the top tube. Makes them look like a dog taking a dump. Give me a Time RXR Ulteam any day.

....dog taking a dump... Now that's a good one. Sadly, you're right.

nick hanson

Yep,I'll give that frame the nod
Mind you,I've had a soft spot for Bianchi's since i started cycling,as a schoolboy in the very early 80's.Pics of Tommy Priem (I think!) in the Giro with the Celeste colour really standing out.
Very nice.

Rich-Ti

Pic anyone? :roll:

Homer J

Rich-Ti

Homer J wrote:

And now for one of the actual bike?!

pottssteve

So, mixed reviews for the c2c.

What do we think of this?
http://www.bianchiusa.com/09-bicycles/0 ... relli.html

or this?
http://www.bianchi.com/uk/products2009/ ... Y9BE7.aspx

dennisn

I vote for for the lugged steel. Nothing like a little chrome.

nick hanson

pottssteve wrote:

So, mixed reviews for the c2c.

What do we think of this?
http://www.bianchiusa.com/09-bicycles/0 ... relli.html

or this?
http://www.bianchi.com/uk/products2009/ ... Y9BE7.aspx

There are mixed views on here about the frame,but I've not seen any REVIEWS on here :?

Lagavulin

Really like the look of the Dolomiti but if the stem comes polished then it should come served with a polished chainset too.

balthazar

Lagavulin wrote:

Really like the look of the Dolomiti but if the stem comes polished then it should come served with a polished chainset too.

Agreed. I'd go NOS Record, I think there's still plenty around. And normal rims with skinwall tyres! I linked to a picture of the original Coppi bike elswhere on the forum today –

http://www.rouleur.cc/recent-features/238-coppibike

nick hanson

balthazar wrote:

Lagavulin wrote:

Really like the look of the Dolomiti but if the stem comes polished then it should come served with a polished chainset too.

Agreed. I'd go NOS Record, I think there's still plenty around. And normal rims with skinwall tyres! I linked to a picture of the original Coppi bike elswhere on the forum today –

http://www.rouleur.cc/recent-features/238-coppibike

Then it would need a polished alloy seatpost to balance it out

balthazar

nick hanson wrote:

Then it would need a polished alloy seatpost to balance it out

Christ yes I hadn't noticed that. In fact, looking again, the forks should be painted or steel, and the black mechs are wrong.

EDIT: and brakes

Anonymous

This is the website of a complete Bianchi nut.

Some nice Bianchis here...

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/my_bianchi/index.html

Of the modern Bianchis the Luna is probably my fave.

Runoutofgears

What a fantastic collection, though i'd settle for one of the US steel versions, any know whether you could get one in the UK?

pottssteve

Which one does he ride to the shops....?

nick hanson

the Ullrich replica one is rather nice!
God,he's got some cash tied up in that collection :shock:

Lagavulin

nick hanson wrote:

Then it would need a polished alloy seatpost to balance it out

Oops, missed the seatpost, but yes, deserves the full treatment.

DavidBelcher

Lagavulin wrote:

Really like the look of the Dolomiti but if the stem comes polished then it should come served with a polished chainset too.

Lovely frameset, but most of the front end (bars/stem/Ergo) just looks odd.
Marshalled at a race on Thursday evening last week, and one of the guys there had a boron steel Bianchi XL which was a top end model in the range a few years back - great frameset, even the orange rather than Celeste paint-job didn't spoil the look of it!

David