2010 Bianchi Pista

TinyExplosions

I love it, and want one!



Linky

AstraMonti

Hot! How much?

Ghost Rider

Very sweet. Love the cork bar grips but I suspect they'd fall foul of our putrid climate in no time. (Either that or some blind-drunk wino would inevitably remove them in the hope that booze might flow from the handlebars...)

Morgan

Nice hybrid.

copacetic

its a lovely looking bike alright, urbanvelo had some stuff on it back in June, expected to be $800 and has the torpedo adjustable fixed/freewheel single side hub.

nak

hiptastic! Prefer my bikes a little more simple than that.

The corks grips last a good while, my husband had them on his work bike. Get a nice throttle effect when they're past their best on wet days!

TinyExplosions

nak wrote: »

hiptastic! Prefer my bikes a little more simple than that.

The corks grips last a good while, my husband had them on his work bike. Get a nice throttle effect when they're past their best on wet days!

That's only cos your mrs Bob Jackson, and he makes a lovely plain looking bike!

tunney

Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks "Gay as fvck, I'd sooner ride a fat bird"???

Vélo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I love it, and want one!



Linky

Silly bike.

It has no brakes.

Lumen

tunney wrote: »

Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks "Gay as fvck, I'd sooner ride a fat bird"???

I do think putting flat bars on a track frame is about as ridiculous as cycling in a swimsuit.

Vélo

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I love it, and want one!



Linky

It would look great with the following

http://www.rapha.cc/leather-town-glove/


And

http://www.dromarti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10_13&products_id=15

ednwireland

horrible

Chips Lovell

It does come with brakes, at least according to the Bianchi website.

They've a few trendy Pistas this year. I've no idea what's going on with the brakes on this one:

blorg

I think it looks great- except for the flat bars. Put drops on it and it would be a lovely looking bike.

@Tonto- they are TT levers (as I presume you know.) Giant put the same sort of brake on the Bowery with flat bars this year (the one you posted photos of.) Reviews say while they look good they don't work very well.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Yum

ROK ON

tunney wrote: »

Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks "Gay as fvck, I'd sooner ride a fat bird"???

More cushion for the pushin. Sorry, couldn't resist:D.

Chips Lovell

Jesus lads.

Hungrycol

I'd rather eat vomit.

trek climber

tunney wrote: »

Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks "Gay as fvck, I'd sooner ride a fat bird"???

Definitely not the only one....

jwshooter

give it a chance, work is tight for plummers now a days

stevie_b

jwshooter wrote: »

give it a chance, work is tight for plummers now a days

plum pickers?

flickerx

tunney wrote: »

Am I the only one who looks at this and thinks "Gay as fvck, I'd sooner ride a fat bird"???

Wow, homophobia and sexism rolled into the one comment! Hats off to you on that one.

I'm not particularly impressed with the bike, I doubt it'll have the same impact as previous Pistas.

Ghost Rider

Seems to me there are two kinds of people on this forum: those of us who can get our heads around the fact that although this Bianchi is nominally a Pista, and has a track -type frame, it isn't actually trying to be a proper track bike and it can therefore still be aesthetically and functionally satisfying on its own terms...


...and the Haters.

ednwireland

look bianchi probably have hundreds of these from the 80's in a cellar somewhere and they are just riding the fixie wave to get rid of them, i mean a quill stem ffs

Ghost Rider

Bring 'em on, I say. Dublin is a perfect city for single-speed commuting (unless you live at the top of Knocmaroon Hill).

Quill stems? They do the job and, in my opinion, they're kind of elegant.

ednwireland wrote: »

look bianchi probably have hundreds of these from the 80's in a cellar somewhere and they are just riding the fixie wave to get rid of them, i mean a quill stem ffs

TinyExplosions

ednwireland wrote: »

look bianchi probably have hundreds of these from the 80's in a cellar somewhere and they are just riding the fixie wave to get rid of them, i mean a quill stem ffs

I much prefer quill stems... they just look right on a lugged steel bike

doozerie

Hey, less of the quill stem bashing! The Cinelli quill stem on my old racer, now my commute bike, was a thing of desire a few (well, quite a few to be honest) years ago. In fact it wasn't so long ago that the chunky MTB style of modern stems were considered quite ugly on a road bike.

ednwireland

i actually have a itm quill stem on my commuter

and a cinelli on the bike that i will try to turn into a fixie (gasp) when i figure out wheel building

doozerie

ednwireland wrote: »

and a cinelli on the bike that i will try to turn into a fixie (gasp) when i figure out wheel building

Some useful resources for wheelbuilding and/or wheel truing:

* Sheldon Brown's wheel building guide
* Park Tools wheel truing guide