Finished Bianchi

This is a 61cm 1982 Bianchi Nuovo I bought as a complete bike, someone had painted half of it primer gray, then tried to repaint it with brushed on model enamel. I had it powder coated at Seattle Powder Coat with RAL 6027, which is slightly more blue than the original celeste color.

Purchased some decals from ebay for an older model Bianchi, including a nice headbadge.

Reused the campy cranks and shimano 600 brakes, new seatpost and stem from Velo Orange. Switched from downtube to barend shifters (I really like friction shifting but don't like reaching down so far to do it.) Replaced the original deep drop Cinelli bar (which was pretty cool looking but impractical) with something more usable.

Total frankenbike.

Fun, simple, fast, steel. A touch too small for me though :(