Re: [CR]CATALOG or BROCHURE

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: <NortonMarg@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:51:41 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]CATALOG or BROCHURE
To: freitas1@pacbell.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 9/29/03 4:44:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time, freitas1@pacbell.net writes:


> I will have it at VR, it is one of the last bikes built with
> the trade mark BIANCHI headset though the race dimensions are slightly
> smaller than the previous bikes(?)
>

The internal races are smaller and the O.D. of the lug is also slightly larger, the wall containing the race being slightly thicker. It is a fact. Those frames (that I have verified, there may be other years) were made between 1970 and 1972, the serial number on the right side of the lug being 17x with the other three digits on the left side of the seat lug. The frames can also be identified as having a diamond shaped reinforcement on the brake bridge.
Stevan Thomas
Alameda, CA