Re: [CR]Bianchi Specialissima Serial Numbers And Colors.

(Example: Framebuilders)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Bianchi Specialissima Serial Numbers And Colors.
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:56:35 -0700
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Mike Short wrote: (cut)
> Does anyone
> know if there was a choice of colors as far as the early bikes are
> concerned?
> I know later on metallic green, blue and I think red was offered in
> addition to black. Was Celeste ever an optional color - seems like it
> would have been?

I seem to remember someone on the list years ago said that the sixties Bianchi Specialissima painted Celeste had the model name "Team".

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)