New Bike Day!

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Just transferred over the parts from the Burner but went 1x11 and with the Fox Float X2. First ride today.
 
After 2 years of procrastination, I finally broke down and built up a flat bar road/gravel bike so I can stop riding my Primer as my default road bike. I didn’t even weigh it but this thing is crazy light to someone coming off a 28+ lb MTB....Ultegra drivetrain built up with SLX level brakes.

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mtbMike said:
After 2 years of procrastination, I finally broke down and built up a flat bar road/gravel bike so I can stop riding my Primer as my default road bike. I didn’t even weigh it but this thing is crazy light to someone coming off a 28+ lb MTB....Ultegra drivetrain built up with SLX level brakes.

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It's lite, and it has speed... what a good combination!
 
Well, this bike definitely isn’t new, and it isn’t a mountain bike, but I figured I could post it here anyway. When I started seriously cycling in high school back in the 80’s, I really wanted a Celeste Bianchi Nuovo Racing. Unfortunately being a poor high school student, all I could afford was a Schwinn. A couple of my riding buddies have recently started to restore and ride vintage road bikes which gave me a good idea. I’d start searching for that bike that I couldn’t afford when I was 14. Wasn’t able to find the Nuovo Racing that I wanted, but I did come across this locally on CL. 1986 Bianchi Vittoria. Looks pretty much intact other than the tires. Looks like the original brake pads and the braking surfaces look new. I don’t think it was ridden much in 33 years. A lot of the vintage Bianchi’s that I had located previously were either beat up or had a mis-match of components. Full Campagnolo Victory groupset and Mavic rims. From the decal on the non-drive side chainstay, the bike was purchased locally at 2 Wheel Transit Authority. Going to start the tear down and cleaning process this week.
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pperrelle said:
Well, this bike definitely isn’t new, and it isn’t a mountain bike, but I figured I could post it here anyway. When I started seriously cycling in high school back in the 80’s, I really wanted a Celeste Bianchi Nuovo Racing. Unfortunately being a poor high school student, all I could afford was a Schwinn. A couple of my riding buddies have recently started to restore and ride vintage road bikes which gave me a good idea. I’d start searching for that bike that I couldn’t afford when I was 14. Wasn’t able to find the Nuovo Racing that I wanted, but I did come across this locally on CL. 1986 Bianchi Vittoria. Looks pretty much intact other than the tires. Looks like the original brake pads and the braking surfaces look new. I don’t think it was ridden much in 33 years. A lot of the vintage Bianchi’s that I had located previously were either beat up or had a mis-match of components. Full Campagnolo Victory groupset and Mavic rims. From the decal on the non-drive side chainstay, the bike was purchased locally at 2 Wheel Transit Authority. Going to start the tear down and cleaning process this week.
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Nice!! Looks to have pretty stout gearing too.
 
pperrelle said:
Well, this bike definitely isn’t new, and it isn’t a mountain bike, but I figured I could post it here anyway. When I started seriously cycling in high school back in the 80’s, I really wanted a Celeste Bianchi Nuovo Racing. Unfortunately being a poor high school student, all I could afford was a Schwinn. A couple of my riding buddies have recently started to restore and ride vintage road bikes which gave me a good idea. I’d start searching for that bike that I couldn’t afford when I was 14. Wasn’t able to find the Nuovo Racing that I wanted, but I did come across this locally on CL. 1986 Bianchi Vittoria. Looks pretty much intact other than the tires. Looks like the original brake pads and the braking surfaces look new. I don’t think it was ridden much in 33 years. A lot of the vintage Bianchi’s that I had located previously were either beat up or had a mis-match of components. Full Campagnolo Victory groupset and Mavic rims. From the decal on the non-drive side chainstay, the bike was purchased locally at 2 Wheel Transit Authority. Going to start the tear down and cleaning process this week.
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Very cool.....except for the bar tape.
 
pperrelle said:
Well, this bike definitely isn’t new, and it isn’t a mountain bike, but I figured I could post it here anyway. When I started seriously cycling in high school back in the 80’s, I really wanted a Celeste Bianchi Nuovo Racing. Unfortunately being a poor high school student, all I could afford was a Schwinn. A couple of my riding buddies have recently started to restore and ride vintage road bikes which gave me a good idea. I’d start searching for that bike that I couldn’t afford when I was 14. Wasn’t able to find the Nuovo Racing that I wanted, but I did come across this locally on CL. 1986 Bianchi Vittoria. Looks pretty much intact other than the tires. Looks like the original brake pads and the braking surfaces look new. I don’t think it was ridden much in 33 years. A lot of the vintage Bianchi’s that I had located previously were either beat up or had a mis-match of components. Full Campagnolo Victory groupset and Mavic rims. From the decal on the non-drive side chainstay, the bike was purchased locally at 2 Wheel Transit Authority. Going to start the tear down and cleaning process this week.
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Eroica bound!!!
 
pperrelle said:
Well, this bike definitely isn’t new, and it isn’t a mountain bike, but I figured I could post it here anyway. When I started seriously cycling in high school back in the 80’s, I really wanted a Celeste Bianchi Nuovo Racing. Unfortunately being a poor high school student, all I could afford was a Schwinn. A couple of my riding buddies have recently started to restore and ride vintage road bikes which gave me a good idea. I’d start searching for that bike that I couldn’t afford when I was 14. Wasn’t able to find the Nuovo Racing that I wanted, but I did come across this locally on CL. 1986 Bianchi Vittoria. Looks pretty much intact other than the tires. Looks like the original brake pads and the braking surfaces look new. I don’t think it was ridden much in 33 years. A lot of the vintage Bianchi’s that I had located previously were either beat up or had a mis-match of components. Full Campagnolo Victory groupset and Mavic rims. From the decal on the non-drive side chainstay, the bike was purchased locally at 2 Wheel Transit Authority. Going to start the tear down and cleaning process this week.
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I only had one road bike back in the day when the shifters were on the down tube like that and that was on a Schwinn Le Tour that I bought for $425. Might as well have been a Ferrari at that price back then. If I had to reach down there to shift nowadays, I'd need a full face helmet and shoulder pads because there's no doubt I'd be going OTB.
 
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