Triple chainring crankset sure looks touring .
Eyelets on drop-outs , and brazed-on fittings for single water bottle , could go either way ( seem more touring than cyclocross racing to me ) .
But about the TIRE clearances . . .
The rims and tires are 27-inch .
The frame might have been made for 700c .
I'll bet you could fit a fatter tire in there , if it was 700 size .
Raoul Delmare
Marysville Kansas
> I was sort of wondering the same when first looking but wasn't familiar
with the bikes of that era. I was thinking it didn't look like it could
handle a large capacity tire but was unsure what the norm was for cross
bikes of old. I never connected the triple crank with being opposite of true
old style cross with a single ring...Good observations.
>
> Walt "bad observations" Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Aldo Ross <swampmtn@siscom.net>
> Sent: 08/20/03 01:33 PM
> To: wspokes <wspokes@penn.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay: Bianchi Cyclocross.
>
> >
> > No way was that ever a cyclocross bike, not with so little clearance for
> mud. That's a touring bike for certain, especially with the triple crank.
> Aren't the crankset and front derailleur from the early 1980s?
>
> Aldo Ross
> Middletown, Ohio
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wspokes <wspokes@penn.com>
> To: list, Classic <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:02 PM
> Subject: [CR]Ebay: Bianchi Cyclocross.
>
>
> > Wow...Cool auction. 70s Bianchi
> Cyclocross!
> >
> >
http://ebay.com/
> >
> > not related to seller, merely a humble admirer.
> > Walter Skrzypek
> > Falls Creek, Pa