Please help! - Bianchi road bike advise needed!

georgebeck

Hi everyone,

Please may somebody look at this advert and give me some advice? Is this bike a good buy for the price advertised? I'm a bit worried as the bike has been advertised for quite a while but not sold.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/bianc ... 1018654737

I'm looking to buy a road bike to commute to work but i also have a trip from London to Amsterdam planned next month. I've done a fair amount of cycling over the past 5 years but i've never really kept up-to-date with the technology behind the sport. All i know is that Bianchi is a trusted brand!

Thanks very much,

George

lbmxj560

Don't go near it. At that price I would guess it has been stolen. If it is a 2012 you be looking at the £800+ region.

hipshot

Yeah looks nicked. Unknowledgable seller, doesn't know frame size, missing gear cable etc.

Plenty of legit bikes out there at realistic prices, go for one of them.

ba68

Missing gear cable and to me it looks like it has no front mech.

smoggysteve

That is not a 2012 frame as quoted. its around 2009 at the latest. Veloce groupset Via Nirone was only available in Celeste last year and since 2011 has a much straighter fork. Guy selling obviously has no idea what the bike is apart from reading the brands on the side of the thing. AVOID.

georgebeck

Thank you guys! I will not be buying that bike!

BelgianBeerGeek

Yeah, I agree with the others. He has lifted the spec off a website. Those aren't Campag shifters, for a start. I have the Via Nirone in Silver and bought it in 2008. I think Bianchi stopped using silver as a frame colour shortly after.

mercia_man

All the points made above such as non-Campag shifters and rear mech, missing front mech etc are correct. Just shows what an excellent facility this forum is for people wanting useful info.

georgebeck

Thanks again to everyone.

I'm new to the forum and i think it is great that people helped me out with this.

Now it's time to search for an alternative purchase...