Re: [CR]Somebody with very good taste in bikes

Pete Geurds wrote:
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> > From: themaaslands@comcast.net
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> > Bianchi.
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> >> http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Two questions if I may:
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> The bottom bracket axle has a chrome end with the "B".
> Is that a seperate piece or part of the axle?
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> >From the chainstay bridge(chainstay itself) there is a piece extending downwards with a threaded hole. What was that for? Chain tensioner?
> Thanks.

=========================================================================== Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10312.0069.eml Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:38:35 -0700 From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [CR]late 30's early 40's Bianchi Folgore on ebay

Steven Maasland wrote:
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Is this the next bike to go through the ceiling in price? This restored
> Bianchi Folgore has the early cambio corsa levers that would put it before
> the mid-40's. The last set of these gear levers alone that I know of went
> to Japan for $1000. The componentry seems to be highly original.

Looks to me like the braze on tab on the chainstay to mount a Vittoria Margherita ??? http://i16.ebayimg.com/02/i/00/fe/79/3b_3.JPG

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California ===========================================================================

=========================================================================== Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/getmsg.asp?Filename=classicrendezvous.10312.0073.eml From: themaaslands@comcast.net Subject: Re: [CR]late 30's early 40's Bianchi Folgore on ebay Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 03:45:44 +0000

Chuck added to my previous post:
> Looks to me like the braze on tab on the chainstay to mount a Vittoria
> Margherita ???
> http://i16.ebayimg.com/02/i/00/fe/79/3b_3.JPG

I fully agree. This is just another reason why I am convinced this bike was made before the end of WWII. Like the Ganna that was offered recently that had both the dropouts with teeth and the the gran sport derailleurs, this bike was a transition period bike, set up for use with either of the prevailing gear systems of the day. In this case, if you were to stick ot Italian systems, that was either Cambio Corsa or Margherita Vittoria. The similar vintage Bianchi that I will be shipping over from Italy shortly has the same levers but does not have the VM mount feature.

Steven Maasland Moorestown, NJ ===========================================================================