My 1949 cambio corsa bike is supposed to have started life as Bianchi "Sport" city bike, but the frame is square rather than long-in-the-top-tube. In the early 50s upper-end city bikes such as the "Lario" appear to have had chrome headlugs. Further down the line the "Sport Deluxe" and "Sport" appear to have had painted headlugs.
Does your bike have the seat binder behind or ahead and above the seatpost? Are there any braze-ons for a pump? Any other braze-ons?
What kind of dropouts? Are the fender eyelets forged with the dropouts or brazed on higher? Are the fork ends chrome?
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
> On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 05:50 PM, Wornoutguy@aol.com wrote:
> > Here are my questions:
> > Any idea what it is?
>
> First I'd ask if you're sure it's a "road" bike. The Bianchi U-race
> headset was also used on town bikes. My guess is that you have a town
> bike designed for upright bars. One way to tell is to look at the top
> tube length. If the TT is 1" or more longer than the ST, this isn't a
> an absolute but a rule of thumb. The rear spacing says coster brake or
> single-speed hub to me. I really can't tell you more without pictures.
> I'm sure someone on the list has a catalog with pictures of these
> bikes in them and can comment more, Chuck?
> Good luck,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> Loves town bikes in
> Santa Barbara, Ca.