Got a sweet deal on this bike. It came with all of it's original components (a full Gipiemme track group), but I've swapped some of it out to preserve them, and make the bike more street friendly.
Frame:
'82 Bianchi ECO Pista, 53cm
Fork/Headset:
stock / Ofmega
Crankset/Bottom Bracket:
Gipiemme Special / Gipiemme
Pedals:
Time Atac Alium
Drivetrain/Cog/Chainring/Chain:
Surly 19t / TA Specialities 46t / Regina 80
Saddle/Seatpost:
Concor Supercorsa / Campagnolo Aero
Front Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Cane Creek track 20h / Gatorskin 25c
Rear Wheel/Hub/Tire:
Cane Creek track 24h / Gatorskin 28c
Accessories:
brass bell
More Info:
Beautiful Italian steel. 46/19 ratio to spin up and skid down these Seattle hills. New pics to come.
Bike History
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Added by stalag13. Last updated over 6 years ago.
68 Comments
This thing is clean beyond belief makes my 83 eco pista look like a hood rat. Any idea on how to identify the year on these frames?
Posted over 7 years ago
Naw, yours still looks tight. I have a serial number around the seat collar of mine. It's faint, but it's there. Mine starts with a 2, so I know it's an 82.
Posted over 7 years ago
I've admired this bike since I first saw it on Velospace. Beautiful and understated.
Posted about 9 years ago
Thanks man. I need to take pics of it with the OG saddle, pedals and tubulars it came with.
Posted about 9 years ago
Hi ! I'm looking for this bike for a long time. Is it possibly to sell it to me? Plz...
Posted over 10 years ago
HEY! THAT'S MY BIKE! just kiddind, but it really does look a lot like the one I owned back in Brooklyn in 1983. They're awesome bikes. It was my first fixed gear. I would ride it from Babylon, NY to Brooklyn every Friday to work as a waiter and then back to LI on Monday. All with a tuxedo suit over my arm.
You really bring back memories. Thx.
Posted about 11 years ago
is this 27.2 or 26.8?
Posted over 11 years ago
do you know if it's possible to get replacement decals? I picked up an 82/83 pista today but it doesn't have the decals. I've checked eBay and I only see ones that are similar, not exactly the same.
Posted over 11 years ago
Diggin the whip, mine starts with 1 I guess it's a 81 the fork crown and seat stay look like yours
Posted about 12 years ago
just looked at 81 online and they have "bianchi" spelled out on the seat stays??? maybe 71?
Posted about 12 years ago
very nicely build man!. quick question, hows the ride compared to youre kilo?
Posted over 12 years ago
Very well done!
Posted over 12 years ago
Thank you! You're stable is pretty legit. I've got a Ciocc myself, a Designer 84, I've yet to get up here.
Posted over 12 years ago
Thanks! Would love to see your '84. I sold a World '77 that was too small and replaced it with the Concorde. Ciocc's are just awesome.
Posted over 12 years ago
solid build you got there, where do you get those velocity eh? never seen one of those before
Posted almost 13 years ago
Have you ever thought about putting gumwalls on this? I think it would look really great!
Posted almost 13 years ago
I'll have to take some pics of this thing with all of it's OG components. The original wheelset is a pair of box sections Mavics laced to some Gipiemme track hubs. But the cool thing is the tires: silk-walled racing tires (which look exactly like gum-walls) made by Wolber with Bianchi branding on them. There classy looking.
Posted almost 13 years ago
even though its lower end, still has tight geometry and looks amazing! i would love to own one of these older bianchis! theyre sooooo nice.
Posted almost 13 years ago
Great looking Bianchi! I love celeste Bianchis with blue decals... looks so much better than black decals in my opinion. also, what does ECO stand for and what does it mean?
Posted about 13 years ago
Thanks!
Bianchi made two Pistas' back in the day: the higher end Super Pista, and the lower end ECO Pista. The Super came with a Campy group and had chromed track/fork ends or stays, while the ECO came with a Gipiemme group, and didn't have any chroming usually. The Super may have had a higher grade of tubing as well in some years. Not sure about that one.
ECO stood for economical.
Posted about 13 years ago
ah, so it's sorta similar to the GTB/Pulse thing, where it's the same geo, but different materials and parts. Also, what do you think of unicrown forks on lugged frames? I really like the classic look of your frame with the flatcrown fork, but I also really like my unicrown fork. I know some people really dislike unicrown forks, I think I like both :)
Posted about 13 years ago
Well, your's looks original to the frame. It's a Columbus fork with matching paint & chrome and nice decals. So that's pretty hot. But, most of the time, unicrown forks make me think of BMX bikes.
Posted about 13 years ago
definitely one of, if not my favorite pista!
i think a polished wheelset with a lower profile would look sweet too
Posted over 13 years ago
Thanks! Yeah, I had the wheelset on another bike and I switched them over. Ideally, it would be a set of boxsection rims, but I like the Fusions enough to ride them til they give.
Posted over 13 years ago
Great great ride ... one like this was for sale on eBay, $750 with the complete Gipiemme groupset ;-)
Posted over 13 years ago
Thanks. That's what mine came with. I took off the original Gipiemme wheelset, seatpost, saddle and pedals. I've still got them though, just wanted my contact points to be something more current.
Posted over 13 years ago
Super dope, the only thing is those shallow drops. They look so tiny? Everything else perfect!
Posted almost 14 years ago
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berlinkeirin says:
dope.
Posted about 6 years ago