Steven Maasland wrote:
>
> (cut) I was also given a
> 1937 Bianchi by my mother-in-law that had belonged to her father since new!
> Apart from the tires and tubes, it is all perfectly original, it even has
> the remnants of the wartime white painted rear mudguard (under curfew
> regulations all bikes needed to have the mudguard painted white for safety).
> Up until a few years ago, when they simply couldn't be patched anymore, it
> still even had period latex tubes (with over 30 patches and pre-presta style
> valves!)
Like to see jpegs of that one! I'm the current caretaker of a '39 Bianchi that belonged to a Brooklyn Postman. Lower rear of rear fender painted white for WWII. He had a Sturmey put on the bike when new to replace the Vittoria Margherita that the bike came with. Steel rims and clinchers and lights with generator but drop bars and stem (steel). Dark green paint was extra cost option according to the Bianchi book.
Pictured at V R 2001 last year at:
http://www.velo-retro.com/
Chuck Schmidt SoPas, SoCal
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