Thanks very much, bob,
the dropouts are not campagnolo, they are probably build by Bianchi, if figured out that the Universal extra brakes are from 51, so maybe it's true that it was build up from old stock.
greets,
Arno
5224 VG Den Bosch The Netherlands
>From: ROBERT FREITAS <freitas1@pacbell.net>
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]Re:Mystery Bianchi
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:28:36 -0700
>
>
> I can shed some light on it though nothing definative. Guy Apple pointed
>out a similar bike at the expostion prior to last years L'EROICA..What
>caught his eye was the black decals and trim.
> Its part of what I concider the "missing link" period between 1970 and
>1976 when Bianchi was not imported into the US in any real numbers..
>Bianchi transitioned away from the signature headset(on Reparto Corsa built
>bikes) sometime after 1972 as component stock was exhausted.
> The fork crown is the early type (anyone know if the closed side crown
>like this one was made concurrent to the open side?) so I would place it
>earlier 70s. Later forks had 2 raised ridges on either side of the flat
>crown.
> The Caveat is that older components left behind from previous production
>did appear on later bikes as they were discovered(or uncovered) Bianchi
>continued to use the old Record rear derailluer until 1970 or so probably
>to keep costs down.
> Headset points out this is probably a middle of the road bike.
> What size is the seat post?Campy dropouts?I beleive bikes built in
>the race department always used Campy dropouts.
>
> BOB FREITAS
> mobile in Oakland,Ca USA
> just around the corner from Albert Eisentrauts shop
>
>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/NITROBOBs-GARAGE/L-EROICA-2006/Saturday/DSCN0119.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1