When CX was like steel : Real

[tuscanyswe]

Originally Posted by mhespenheide

^ Is that really a Bianchi? Or is it repainted and rebadged as a Bianchi? I've never seen them do bendy seatstays like that.

as said above, this apparently 1996

[choke]

Originally Posted by tuscanyswe

as said above, this apparently 1996

I think they sold them for two years. IIRC I purchased mine in 1995, but it's been a long time so I may be off by a year.

It has full lugs, Zero Uno tubing and is Reparto Corse built.

[AngryScientist]

Yes, as mentioned, a unique frame, but definitely a Bianchi, and definitely old-school-cool!

[geordanh]

Holy god that looks good. Choke we need more pics!!!

[phishrabbi]

I agree with the modern cycling ethos that road bikes with 32-35mm tires are awesome.

But I'd rather ride any of the above bicycles with modern 32mm tubeless road slick as a basic road bike than any of the disc offerings from the usual suspects.

I like watching cross on youtube and don't care at all what equipment they use.

[mhespenheide]

Thanks for the education on the Bianchi. I'd not seen those. If I ever see one in XXL, I'll be mighty intrigued.

[choke]

Originally Posted by geordanh

Holy god that looks good. Choke we need more pics!!!

This is the only other decent pic that I have....

[merckx]

The seatpost on that machine ^^^^is the ****tzz.

[fignon's barber]

Originally Posted by geordanh

Jonathan Page and esoteric bike content. Not steel. Sorry not sorry.

One of my fav bikes

I remember that Cervelo. I don't think it ever came to market, did it?

[GregL]

If I were regularly racing ’cross today, I’d want a current generation, disc brake, single chainring bike. Not yet sold on e-shifting as I’ve seen several cases where that failed (“limp home mode”?) after incidents in races. For non-racing cases, the late 1990s - early 2000s CX bikes were my favorites. My Poprad is incredibly versatile, my Fuji Cross Pro is a perfect winter bike, and my Ti Motobecane (ORA Engineering) has morphed into a great gravel bike. Long live double chainrings, mechanical shifting, and rim brakes!

Greg

[holliscx]

[AngryScientist]

Nice one.

[d_douglas]

Is there still a tire width restriction in pro races (UCI)? It’s rare to see 33mm knobbies these days. I saw someone a few days ago riding nice skinny knobby schwalbes and it looked weird after all the 45mm tires I see!

[mickey.d]

That generation of Planet Cross was the inspiration for the first “custom bike” I designed for myself my sophomore year of college.

The amount of R+D the Starbucks/IF team seemed to be doing around then had me intrigued. I loved how the IF team always had riders that spanned the gamut of sizes racing the Supercups, my bike at the time was a geometry clone of those bianchis posted later on in this thread…

Let’s just say one geometrical concept is from a different millennium as the other and leave it at that.

[binxnyrwarrsoul]

Originally Posted by merckx

The seatpost on that machine ^^^^is the ****tzz.

Showing my (our) age but guessing an SR Laprade post. One wish never fulfilled, a lugged steel Binx CX. Right up there with an XL EV2, in pink "Mercatone Uno" livery. Just so damned sweet. To this day.