Bianchi Brava

Thought, I'd post the pics of my Bianchi Brava I sold awhile back. She was pretty.

Sold the Bianchi

After the maiden ride, my fears were confirmed. The bike was too small. Now for anyone reading this wont be surprising: I'm 6'1" and the bike was a 55cm.

Guess you could say it was my first flip. I paid $149, put $28 into it totaling $177. Then I sold for $280. Profit = $103.

Touchup Paint

After cleaning the Bianchi up, all of the little nicks and scratches began to make themselves apparent. I did a little internet hunting and read some people say Dupli-Color automotive touchup paint is much more durable than Testor model paint (which makes sense).

I went to my local Autozone and for $6.49 bought the Universal Black. This thing is pretty cool because on one end it is like a ball point pen and then other end is a little brush. This made the job really easy. All the scratches and nicks went away (black is a great color for this).

The bike looked good before, but now it looks even better.

1987 Bianchi Brava

Last week I picked up this 1987 Bianchi Brava road bike. It has full Shimano 105 components which are in very good condition. Celeste on Black is a pretty sexy combination of colors. The photos dont really show off the Celeste too well because of the sunlight. I got it off of CraigsList and the guy I bought it off of was the original owner. Additionally, he said he hadnt ridden it in 8 years.



Yes the bartape is old and done. This may be the original handlebar tape though. Seriously. I think the tires are original, IRC Triathlons 700c x 20. They are actually in pretty good condition, I think I'll ride them for a bit.



6 speed indexed shifting and the sticker stating World dominance.



Cateye CC-2000 computer. The battery was dead, but I got a new one and it works. Caution: does not have automatic start/stop feature. And, the computer never shuts off----this seems like a waste. The manual to this bike computer and all other Cateye computers can be found on their website here.

My plan is get some older Look pedals, some new bartape, clean it up and go for a ride.