My mom gave it to me and I’d love to fix it up and start riding if y’all think that’s possible! She thinks it’s an ‘86 or ‘87 and it was her dad’s. Forgive me, I don’t know bike terminology too well just yet, but from what I can see just looking on Google, I think it has bar tape and a different saddle. The tires look to have a different kind of air nozzle to inflate them than I’ve seen here in the U.S. on my lower end bikes I’ve had. But the vertical bar near the water bottle holder is a tire pump, so that’s cool!
Please let me know if you want more pictures or any of the wording on the frame! Thanks everyone.
by InsideFew1344
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Start watching YouTube videos of people servicing older road bikes. The bike looks to be in decent condition, you can probably ride it as is but a basic service would make it feel fresh.
Very nice – components are Campagnolo (Campy). Pump is Silca. Cool that also is Celeste (color). The tubes are Presta. Google “how to inflate Presta” lots of vids. The other types are called Shrader. The saddle doesn’t match but Selle San Marco Regal are nice saddles. I’d go for Celeste bar tape and a Bianchi Celeste saddle off eBay. Look up https://www.sheldonbrown.com/
Go to source on bicycle maintenance and repair. I’ve got 4 Bianchi’s – 2 Celeste, Mediterranean Blue and Sizzling Peach. Celeste color and Campy components are my fav. Enjoy learning about Bianchi and enjoy riding this very nice classic Bianchi!
I’d say it’s rather early 80s, starting from mid-80s Bianchi bikes usually come with an eagle on the fork crown and Piaggio bought Bianchi in 1980, so it can’t be from the 70s.
I hope you’re bigger than hour mom… based on stem and post it’s clearly too big for her.
You’ve got a very nice bike there!
Looks like a mix of Campy Nuovo Record and Super Record components. That stuff only went on the really good bikes. The tubeset is likely Columbus SP or thereabouts but it’s difficult to see the decal on your seat tube (just below where it intersects with the top tube,seat stays) so I can’t say for certain.
Check the trailing end of your rear derailleur for a date code. It should say ‘PAT 83’ or whatever the last two digits of the year it was made. It’s pretty safe to say that the components, aside from the saddle, pedals and stem (consumables like tires and bar tape are a given) are original to the bike so that should give you a clear indication of the year of manufacture.
Just by looking I’d say that you have a 57cm frame, possibly a 59. If you’re in the area of six feet tall, the bike should fit pretty comfortably.
Damn! Dream bike