Old BIANCHI Rebuild

A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

Cheers

On 11/18/2015 12:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

Cheers


Frame's a 1980-ish Bianchi USA made in Osaka (by Tano or
someone like them). Post looks to be[1] the Sakae Ringyo
version of the classic Simplex post. I like them but YMMV.

http://www.tractorpartsonlinestore.c...seat-post.html

Most of the major components are not original to that series
and the head angle looks oddly steep - is it bent or merely
askew in the photo?

[1] no detail photo

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 11/18/2015 1:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

That's twice given me "flickr 404, page not found."

??

Sometimes this internet thing just doesn't work right.

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On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:36:10 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 11/18/2015 1:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.
I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.
The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.
Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?
Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

That's twice given me "flickr 404, page not found."

Clear you cache or try the shortcut link at:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskptkXLW

Sometimes this internet thing just doesn't work right.

If computah stuff actually worked, I would have been out of business
long ago.

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On 11/18/2015 3:05 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:36:10 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 11/18/2015 1:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.
I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.
The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.
Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?
Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

That's twice given me "flickr 404, page not found."

Clear you cache or try the shortcut link at:
https://flic.kr/s/aHskptkXLW

Sometimes this internet thing just doesn't work right.

If computah stuff actually worked, I would have been out of business
long ago.

Cache clearing failed. Shortcut succeeded, thanks.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 2:22:06 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 11/18/2015 12:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

Cheers


Frame's a 1980-ish Bianchi USA made in Osaka (by Tano or
someone like them). Post looks to be[1] the Sakae Ringyo
version of the classic Simplex post. I like them but YMMV.

http://www.tractorpartsonlinestore.c...seat-post.html

Most of the major components are not original to that series
and the head angle looks oddly steep - is it bent or merely
askew in the photo?

[1] no detail photo

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Thanks Andrew.


I know the components I used aren't original to that frame but I liked the fram and those old components and it seems to be a nicve happy marriage between them.

The head tube is a bit more vertical than normal because my friend hit a car with that frame. There's very slgight buckling of the top tube and down tube right behind the head tube but surprisingly it doesn't affect the ability to ride the bike with no hands.

I just drilled the frame and installed to Rivnuts and mounted one of those old Shimano AX bottle cages and aero water bottle. I'll post images of that tomorrow and some detail shots of that seat post.

That seat post sure has a positive clamp.

Cheers

On 11/18/2015 4:45 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 2:22:06 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 11/18/2015 12:03 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

Cheers


Frame's a 1980-ish Bianchi USA made in Osaka (by Tano or
someone like them). Post looks to be[1] the Sakae Ringyo
version of the classic Simplex post. I like them but YMMV.

http://www.tractorpartsonlinestore.c...seat-post.html

Most of the major components are not original to that series
and the head angle looks oddly steep - is it bent or merely
askew in the photo?

[1] no detail photo

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Thanks Andrew.


I know the components I used aren't original to that frame but I liked the fram and those old components and it seems to be a nicve happy marriage between them.

The head tube is a bit more vertical than normal because my friend hit a car with that frame. There's very slgight buckling of the top tube and down tube right behind the head tube but surprisingly it doesn't affect the ability to ride the bike with no hands.

I just drilled the frame and installed to Rivnuts and mounted one of those old Shimano AX bottle cages and aero water bottle. I'll post images of that tomorrow and some detail shots of that seat post.

That seat post sure has a positive clamp.

Cheers


Give that post a chance (oil the bolt threads). They hold
position well and have infinite angle adjust, no notches.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 11/18/2015 5:45 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:

The head tube is a bit more vertical than normal because my friend hit a car with that frame.
There's very slgight buckling of the top tube and down tube right behind
the head tube but
surprisingly it doesn't affect the ability to ride the bike with no hands.

About 30 years ago, I recall seeing a couple of touring cyclists passing
through our town. Turned out they were newly married, and doing a
coast-to-coast honeymoon.

The woman's bike had the same "customized" head tube angle as your bike.
Same cause, and it happened very early in their trip, in California.
She said the handling was just fine, even with her full camping load.

It reminds me of the "unridable bike" exercise that one physicist
performed many years ago. Briefly, despite trying some really weird
tricks, he failed to make a bike that was anything like a normal
configuration, but couldn't be ridden.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 6:02:12 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 11/18/2015 4:45 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
Snipped
That seat post sure has a positive clamp.

Cheers


Give that post a chance (oil the bolt threads). They hold
position well and have infinite angle adjust, no notches.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Oh not to worry Andrew. that post is staying!

I got it apart yesterday before I took the images today and I like how positive the clamping action is between the post and the saddle rails. Besides, that post is weird looking and I like some weird looking stuff like the Shimano AX aero components. The infinite adjustability is what sold me on that post once I figured out how to get it apart to swap the saddle to tthat blue one in the images.

Thanks again and cheers.

On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:03:49 -0800 (PST), Sir Ridesalot
wrote:

A friend gave me this old BIANCHI road bike frame.

I rebuilt it with Shimano Adamas AX front and rear deraillers, Shimano ratchet downtube ****ers, Tiagra crankset (for the more aero look), Lyotard platform pedals, Shimano brake calipers, Dia-comp aero brake levers, Miche hubs laced to Mavic GP4 tubular rims. It has a 6-speed Shimano freewheel with 14-28 teeth but I'll be getting one with a 24 teeth low cog.

The seatpost clamp is unlike any I've ever seen before. It has a post in either side of the clamp and a 13mm nut is threaded onto each post from the inside. Adjusting this clamp is interesting because you have to loosen one nut quite a bit and push the bolt out a fair bit in order to be able to loosen the other bolt.

Andrew, do you have any idea as to when this seatpost was made?

Images (11 of them) of the bike can be seen here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/738325...57661306403506

Cheers

I've got one of those that came on a bike that Andrew estimated was
from the 1980's. Mine is marked "BELT Tokyo".
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Cheers,

John B.