Re: [CR]Identifying an early 60's Bianchi Specialissima?

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From: "Robert Clair" <r.clair@cox.net>
To: <bikenut@verizon.net>, "brian blum" <bbspokes@hotmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Identifying an early 60's Bianchi Specialissima?
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:59:19 -0500
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... it's a little competition model. the "MacGuffin" is that a former owner had it painted in celeste, when originally it would have been root beer. supposedly the original owner was is/the mom of a calif mtn bike builder, maybe g fischer. ... anyway we are giving it a nice retirement home. isn't that what it's
all about.
r clair
alexandria, va 22308


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From: bikenut@verizon.net
To: brian blum
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Identifying an early 60's Bianchi Specialissima?



> It's a Competitizone....The Specialissma has 151 Campy cranks.
>
> Matt Gorski
> Belmont Shore
> CA USA
>
>>From: brian blum <bbspokes@hotmail.com>
>>Date: 2007/04/09 Mon PM 01:32:54 CDT
>>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>>Subject: [CR]Identifying an early 60's Bianchi Specialissima?
>
>>I have a Bianchi simular in size and componetry Robert Clair's shown in a
>>photo of the Cyclarts display on the CR Bianchi page is that a
>>Specialissima
>>or Competitione? It has a Bianchi marked Magistoni crank with Simplex
>>adapters and aluminum Simplex rings, Universal 61 brakes, and the Campy
>>compliment except a steel seatpost. Brian Blum in Berkeley