Bianchi Specialissima

not-another-hillǃ

I’ve said earlier in this thread, I love that frame and the colour....BUT....that picture under the shuttered window in Majorca....I don’t know....it looks wrong. The tanwalls don’t help in my opinion, but the angle maybe? The frame looks tiny, the wheels look huge, almost like a 29er MTB, and the big ring looks mahoosive! :shock:

alistaird

Not-another-hill! wrote:

I’ve said earlier in this thread, I love that frame and the colour....BUT....that picture under the shuttered window in Majorca....I don’t know....it looks wrong. The tanwalls don’t help in my opinion, but the angle maybe? The frame looks tiny, the wheels look huge, almost like a 29er MTB, and the big ring looks mahoosive! :shock:

I agree - I love the colour of this frame and think the build is great. But I think the slammed stem with the stem angle makes the frame look even smaller than it is especially around the head tube - now I have the opposite problem riding a 59/60 frame...

From a looks perspective I think a -5 degree stem and shallower drops would make the bike look better - but FIT is more important than looks so ride it and enjoy... :-)

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Ben6899

Not-another-hill! wrote:

I’ve said earlier in this thread, I love that frame and the colour....BUT....that picture under the shuttered window in Majorca....I don’t know....it looks wrong. The tanwalls don’t help in my opinion, but the angle maybe? The frame looks tiny, the wheels look huge, almost like a 29er MTB, and the big ring looks mahoosive! :shock:

Shot with a wide angle lens. Barrel distortion - if you look closely, neither the wheels or the chainring (in this photo) are perfect circles.

It's a lovely lovely bike.

shamrock134

Ben6899 wrote:

Shot with a wide angle lens. Barrel distortion - if you look closely, neither the wheels or the chainring (in this photo) are perfect circles.

There is something odd about the photo now that you mention it. It was shot with my Galaxy S8 like all the other photos, so I'm not sure what's up! I will take some more when I go to Gran Canaria in December.

The tan walls will probably be replaced with black ones when they wear out.

Ben6899

That makes sense - phone cameras shoot at a very wide angle, something like 7mm.

shamrock134

Shots from Gran Canaria:

not-another-hillǃ

Ah, now thats better....looks luvverley with the shallow Boras and black tyres.

Is that really Gran Canaria in December? May have to rethink my love of Mallorca....

shamrock134

Not-another-hill! wrote:

Is that really Gran Canaria in December? May have to rethink my love of Mallorca....

Yeah, I've been to the Canaries the last 3 Decembers. They are relatively windy but you can generally expect sunshine and ~20-22C temperatures. Summer kit and mountains, perfect!

cld531c

Beautiful!

serkie

Works for me, even with tan walls (which I love by the way).

Almost pulled the trigger on one of these a few months back, lovely lovely things.