Bianchi Specialissima

shamrock134
shamrock134 Posts: 714
edited February 2018 in Your road bikes
Picked up this baby last week. Controversial colour scheme, but I wanted something "unique". :)

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Frame: Bianchi Specialissima size 47cm
Bars: Zipp SL-70
Stem: Fizik Cyrano R1
Bar Tape: Rapha Cinelli limited edition
Groupset: Record EPS
Seat: Fizik Arione R1 carbon braided
Seat Post: Fizik Cyrano R1
Chainring(s): 52-36
Cassette: 12-27
Pedals: Speedplay Zero
Wheels: Campagnolo Bora One 35 clincher
Tyres: Vittoria Open Corsa
Accessories: Carbonworks.de cages, Fizik barfly garmin mount

Weight: 6.9kg unladen
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  • lincolndave
    lincolndave Posts: 9,441
    Very nice, what's the ride like shamrock, does the specialissima have a counter vail frame?
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Lincolndave wrote:
    Very nice, what's the ride like shamrock, does the specialissima have a counter vail frame?

    Yes it's Countervail.

    I've only ridden 8 different frames since I started cycling. All I can say is it's the nicest ride of any bike of ridden so far. The problem is there are so many variables between bikes besides the frame that it could be due to any number of these.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    That certainly is unique, did you consider getting some integrated bars that would hide your EPS junction box and have a nicer gamin mount
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Not really, I was mainly concerned with getting 36cm-wide bars which seem to be quite rare. Only Zipp or 3T that I could find and only alloy no carbon.

    I think the Garmin mount looks a bit cheap up close but it's more discrete than the other ones I own such as the K-edge or Superstar Components.
  • alex222
    alex222 Posts: 598
    Nice, I like it
  • rokt
    rokt Posts: 493
    Very nice and I love the colour !
  • oddball1313
    oddball1313 Posts: 11
    It'looks cool - there are too many boring black bikesout there that all look the same. Its great some people are bringing some colour into the world
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Thanks!

    I mean I like a stealthy bike as much as anybody and I definitely could have got a Canyon that was similarly specced for less money but then I'd have two black bikes!

    Hopefully, I'll have some more professional-looking pics soon that the shop took.
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Love it.

    I do love a pink bicycle....
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Love it. The fact the colour scheme will annoy purists is just a bonus :D
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    lettingthedaysgoby wrote:
    Love it. The fact the colour scheme will annoy purists is just a bonus :D

    Heh, not my intention.

    I really like the standard CK16 colour but I also quite like pink! :)
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Saw a bike very very similar, if not the same as this out in SW London this morning. That pink and those tan walls look gorgeous!
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Might have been me, I went out for a quick loop to Box Hill and back.
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Heading into Battersea Rise, all black kit, and, I think, a black evade helemt?
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Heading into Battersea Rise, all black kit, and, I think, a black evade helemt?

    Yup that was me! Went out to PB Box on my new steed and I think I did it but GPS drift meant Strava shows me riding through the bushes up zig-zag road so it didn't even register the segment. :cry:

    I've only seen one other pink Bianchi around London and it's a pink/yellow Oltre XR4, a guy who frequents Regent's Park. He takes it a bit too far IMO... he rides with matching pink helmet, pink jersey and pink tyre sidewalls. :lol:
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Oooof that sounds like an eyeful and a half. Think youve got it spot on the pics dont do justice to it in the metal. Chapeau!

    Sounds like you need a new gps :wink:
  • not-another-hillǃ
    not-another-hillǃ Posts: 1,310
    Love it! except the tan sidewalls.....distracts from the beautiful frame
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Not-another-hill! wrote:
    Love it! except the tan sidewalls.....distracts from the beautiful frame

    I thought the same about the tan walls but I had the tyres already so didn't want to spend on a new set until these are worn. Also, Lotto Jumbo use tan walls with their Bianchis.

    I might put my 808s on soon to see how it looks. :twisted: First though, I'm off to Majorca to attack some climbs!
  • lincolndave
    lincolndave Posts: 9,441
    shamrock134 wrote:
    : First though, I'm off to Majorca to attack some climbs!

    Enjoy, I am sure you will with Specialissimia
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    That's a hell of a lot to spend on a bike you'll grow out of.

    (Only joking, in fact I really like it too).
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    mfin wrote:
    That's a hell of a lot to spend on a bike you'll grow out of.

    Ha, didn't see this comment before. Unfortunately, I ain't gonna get any taller. :cry:

    The steerer has now been chopped and I thought I'd swap out the climbing wheels to see how it looked...

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  • Beatmaker
    Beatmaker Posts: 1,092
    Thats lovely. I much prefer the Boras on it.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Beatmaker wrote:
    Thats lovely. I much prefer the Boras on it.

    Agreed. In fact, 808s should only be sold front only, and only used on TT bikes. There's no real logic to them being on road bike and they look weird. I always think on a road bike they've been bought by someone who mistakenly thinks that deeper looks cooler and have yet to work out they were wrong.

    Pink bike frames are cool. The C60 looks great in it too, the C60 seems to have a slight hint of black chucked in it to make it look like a dirty pink too which doesn't come across in photos.
  • alistaird
    alistaird Posts: 290
    I really like this build and saw a similar C60 paint scheme over on WW. Not sure I could carry off the pink frame but perfectly in keeping with the Italian theme.

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  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    mfin wrote:
    Beatmaker wrote:
    Thats lovely. I much prefer the Boras on it.

    Agreed. In fact, 808s should only be sold front only, and only used on TT bikes. There's no real logic to them being on road bike and they look weird. I always think on a road bike they've been bought by someone who mistakenly thinks that deeper looks cooler and have yet to work out they were wrong.

    Haha, whilst I appreciate your point, I don't think it's fair to say that somebody can be "wrong" about what subjectively looks cool! Also, wheels can be swapped in and out trivially.

    Ideally, I'd want a pair of Bora 50s since they are barely heavier than 35s and I do prefer the deeper look.

    I don't know if it's perhaps down to the tyres (Michelin Pro4 vs Vittoria Corsa) but the Zipps are definitely not as nice to ride as the Boras.
  • Thigh_burn
    Thigh_burn Posts: 489
    Have you been doing laps in Regents Park recently? If not, someone else has got the same idea as you...
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Thigh_burn wrote:
    Have you been doing laps in Regents Park recently? If not, someone else has got the same idea as you...

    Yes, but not on this bike.

    I think it may be the guy previously mentioned with a pink Oltre XR4? He goes all the way with pink kit and accessories too!

    Word on the street is he was formerly a high-level amateur in France who doped. :mrgreen:
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Glad you cut the steerer. What saddle bag is that?
  • mikeyj28
    mikeyj28 Posts: 754
    More pictures please!! Love the bike, a bold colour scheme, but with a lot of character.
    Constantly trying to upgrade my parts.It is a long road ahead as things are so expensive for little gain. n+1 is always the principle in my mind.
  • shamrock134
    shamrock134 Posts: 714
    Garry H wrote:
    Glad you cut the steerer. What saddle bag is that?

    Fizik 00 saddle bag. Got it for the matchy-matchy with seatpost and saddle. It's quite compact and only just fits in a tube, multi-tool and levers!

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    mikeyj28 wrote:
    More pictures please!! Love the bike, a bold colour scheme, but with a lot of character.

    Thanks! Got a few more pics from the Majorca trip :D

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