Bianchi Oltre Vacansoleil - new photo's

limoneboy

Built this last night so not ridden yet

wheel smith carbons 38mm
trp 970sl calipers
ultegra di2 front rear and shifters
sram red cassette
time racer pedals
selle carbone flow saddle
3t ltd stem
easton ec90 slx bars
fsa k light chainset
fizik bar tape
ultremo tyres

got some lizard skin celeste bar tape to fit but not done yet .

hope you like it , i do and hope it rides as well as it looks

declan1

Blimey!

arthur_scrimshaw

That's very nice, but not convinced about the FSA chainset! Celeste bar tape +1

napoleond

FSA chainset doesn't look right
Get that saddle angle sorted too!

Nice frame and wheels though

pickled

I'd agree about the chainset. Fsa ones ain't the prettiest but that's what they fit to the team bikes Along with a gold chain :shock:

Looks perfect with black seat and bar tape though.
Presume bike isn't set up yet. I'd slide off that saddle onto the rear wheel!

slowandsteady

There seems to be a lot of prejudice against fsa stuff, I've got to say I can't fault my chainset and calipers so far. It does what it says on the tin and the calipers are as light as anything out there.

The bianchi looks very nice and I know they tend to look better in the flesh.

With that seat angle I take it you only ride downhill? ;-)

The bars look very deep too.

Yellow Peril

Outstanding machine sir, Bianchi definitely the Maserati of bicycle manufacturers.

Your seat is at a bit of an "intruder" angle though :shock:

arthur_scrimshaw

Slowandsteady wrote:

There seems to be a lot of prejudice against fsa stuff, I've got to say I can't fault my chainset and calipers so far. It does what it says on the tin and the calipers are as light as anything out there.

The bianchi looks very nice and I know they tend to look better in the flesh.

With that seat angle I take it you only ride downhill? ;-)

The bars look very deep too.

You're missing the point, no criticism of the FSA just doesn't look right on the bike. I've got FSA chainsets on my road and CX bikes.

johnnymcg259

You'll be 'out the back' on that saddle!
Overall, great looking bike though........
Re the wheels, let me know how they ride as I'm really wanting a pair of Wheelsmiths next time around. What brake blocks are you using with them?

Wobblehead

Very nice, but I am biased....

Hope you can get on it soon, only managed 100m on mine before settling it down in the spare room for winter.

Might post another pic of mine with new hoops on, roll on summer.......

maxlite

Bellissimo 8)

limoneboy

johnnymcg259 wrote:

You'll be 'out the back' on that saddle!
Overall, great looking bike though........
Re the wheels, let me know how they ride as I'm really wanting a pair of Wheelsmiths next time around. What brake blocks are you using with them?

All seat sorted out , hadn't actually ridden it so didnt notice this morning, as for the fsa i love its performance, it is correct for the bike and it looks better than a sram red . i like bb30 setup so shimano and campy are out as they use adaptors.

wheelsmiths are excellent used late last season and are great wheels very well built he knows his stuff. pads are swissstop red excellent pads.

FransJacques

one word, stu-ning.

cool thing about pro bikes is they sometimes don't look "right" standing still (Barlowordl Bianchis were not harmonious) but this thing is just amazing. it's how Johnny rides it, how bad can that be?

love the bars, nice to see there are still some men out there who know how to bend over and take it (ha ha)

Paul 8v

Liking that, I get your point about the BB30's, as much as I love Campagnolo's chainsets I would have to go for a BB30 as it's kind of pointless with the spacers. Hopefully Campag and Shimano will bring one out soon

napoleond

Campag do a BB30.

It's the red on the FSA chainset, purely cosmetic, not function. How about, seeing as you dropped a bomb on the bike, spraying the red stripe celeste?

greasedscotsman

NapoleonD wrote:

It's the red on the FSA chainset, purely cosmetic, not function. How about, seeing as you dropped a bomb on the bike, spraying the red stripe celeste?

And whilst your at it, you'll need to sort out the red on the tyres and the brake blocks. :roll:

napoleond

greasedscotsman wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

It's the red on the FSA chainset, purely cosmetic, not function. How about, seeing as you dropped a bomb on the bike, spraying the red stripe celeste?

And whilst your at it, you'll need to sort out the red on the tyres and the brake blocks. :roll:

Hadn't noticed that as I couldn't get past the chainset, but yes.

ilm_zero7

lovely frame - but it needs a better groupset - is there a choice? no, it has to be Campagnolo !

mallorcajeff

beautiful

limoneboy

ILM Zero7 wrote:

lovely frame - but it needs a better groupset - is there a choice? no, it has to be Campagnolo !

but not the choice of the 2 teams who ride it shimano & Sram

napoleond

That's because they are sponsored by them

limoneboy

NapoleonD wrote:

That's because they are sponsored by them

I wanted to stick with campy but also wanted to go electric after testing it for a week, problem was it too expensive compared to the manual , i know ultegra's more in di2 but i got it cheap from france and the difference is not as great as campy , if they did chorus eps i would most likely change back as i only need the frt /rear and shifter.

fingers crossed

RideOnTime

Nice one...

limoneboy

had a quick spin today after my ride on my winter bike , it was fantastic as expected but better than i thought it could be, strange sensation were it feels almost power assisted , hard to describe ,its mega stiff and balanced but smooth as silk ,feels like your gliding along and when you stand up feels light as a feather .

FransJacques

limoneboy wrote:

strange sensation were it feels almost power assisted

Did you buy it from someone who worked with Saxo Bank?

limoneboy

FransJacques wrote:

limoneboy wrote:

strange sensation were it feels almost power assisted

Did you buy it from someone who worked with Saxo Bank?

Ha Ha , no there aren't any extra batteries stuffed down seat tubes or funny b/b's , if only

it is strange though, is like direct drive feels like your pushing down on the actual wheel

Paul 8v

NapoleonD wrote:

Campag do a BB30.

i thought they only did adapter cups for the normal chainset?

limoneboy

Paul 8v wrote:

NapoleonD wrote:

Campag do a BB30.

i thought they only did adapter cups for the normal chainset?

Me too !

LittlePlums

limoneboy wrote:

ILM Zero7 wrote:

lovely frame - but it needs a better groupset - is there a choice? no, it has to be Campagnolo !

but not the choice of the 2 teams who ride it shimano & Sram

But then again, you're not using FFwd wheels.

Lovely bike, though

limoneboy

well if you wondered what Vacansoliel did , they are camping travel company , googled it and booked a chalet though them in limone lake Garda ( well we go every year hench the name) but this time driving so my new little friend will be going with me , looks pretty tough over that side of the lake though , last time did monti baldo on a hired cube peleton ,might missed those extra coggs ! roll on August

Also got some Campy neutron ultra's from shiny bikes for £460 at weekend for this trip, Bargain.

RideOnTime

Nice bike..