Re: [CR]Bianchi Specialissima Serial Numbers And Colors.

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:05:02 -0400
From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Bianchi Specialissima Serial Numbers And Colors.
In-reply-to: <2F6C33FC-987A-4743-B37C-AF0F1A70BB5A@earthlink.net>
To: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
References: <20070320.033052.1712.1332240@webmail42.nyc.untd.com>
cc: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hi Chuck,

Are you talking about the bike that Brian repainted a few years back for an East Coast collector?

If so, I was the one who unearthed that bike and sold it to the guy. BTW it was WAY too nice to repaint IMHO... But anyway, I don't recall it saying "team" on it. If necessary I could call the guy who owns it. I don't think he is on the list.

Jamie Swan Centerport Cycles Inc. 245 Main St. Northport, N.Y., U.S.A. 11768 631-262-0909

http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped) http://www.cabinfeverauctions.com http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org

On Mar 20, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> Mike Short wrote:
> (cut)
>> Does anyone
>> know if there was a choice of colors as far as the early bikes are
>> concerned?
>> I know later on metallic green, blue and I think red was offered in
>> addition to black. Was Celeste ever an optional color - seems like it
>> would have been?
>
>
> I seem to remember someone on the list years ago said that the
> sixties Bianchi Specialissima painted Celeste had the model name
> "Team".
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, CA USA
> http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)