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| Bought this incomplete bike at the Whittier Bicycle Swap Meet earlier this year. It's missing quite a few items (like derailleurs, seat, handle bar, pedals, etc.) and it's not in the best of conditions. I'm not going to "restore" it. Just clean and fix it up a little bit. |
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| The bike was built up with Gipiemme components, including the rear drop outs. What's left on the bike is mostly Gipiemme. |
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| The rear wheel has a Mavic rim and a Gipiemme hub. So, I'm guessing this wheel is original to the bike. The front wheel doesn't match and is probably not original to the bike. |
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| The seat post is Gipiemme. |
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| The seat post clamp bolt is Gipiemme. |
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| Columbus steel tubing. |
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| The goose-neck is marked Bianchi on both sides. |
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| Looks like the original "head-badge" sticker -- Edoardo Bianchi |
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| Columbus tubing for the front fork |
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| The front wheel and hub are marked "MATRIX" which I've never heard of... |
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| It's hard to see but the crank arms have the remnants of a label saying Bianchi. Missing the dust caps for the cranks... |
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| Pretty big rings... |
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| It's pretty dirty so it's hard to see but it says Gipiemme. The rear hub has the metal rotating cover over the oiling hole (like Campagnolo hubs). |
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| Front hub |
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| Missing the downtube shifters... |
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| Still has the brakes that look original to the bike. I know that Modolo (Italian brand) made titanium brakes and were a dark color. I'm not sure but these may be titanium... |
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| The bike is very dirty and the paint is chipped off in placed (like the tip of the seat tube lug...) |
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| Built in bike pump mount. |
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| OMAS headset (not Gipiemme). |
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| Standard 1 inch size (25.4 mm). |
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| It's hard to see but the Bianchi logo and name are engraved into the goose-neck. |
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| The bicycle dealer's sticker. Looked up "Britton's Bicycles" and there's a shop in San Antonio by that name... |
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| The lugs have some cool details, like this "B" cast into the bottom head-tube lug. |
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| Bianchi is cast into the bottom bracket lug & there's a serial number there. Will have to take off the bottom cable guide and clean the frame to read the serial number... |
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| The fork "crowns" have the Bianchi logo cast into it. The depression has been filled in with black paint. |
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| The front of the goose-neck says "ITM" which is a well known Italian component manufacturer (especially for goose-necks) |
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| Six speed cassette. The drop outs have micro-adjusting screws & the seat tube has a feature a few inches up for ??? |
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| Pretty dirty and scratched up. The protective sticker on the bottom tube is pretty messed up & needs to be replaced. |
