Showing posts with label Freccia Celeste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freccia Celeste. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Sale of Freccia Celeste Bianchi is aborted, will repaint this to look like original Bianchi

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
January 18, 2018


                                          Di maibenta, gustong piyesahin


                                                        Pagagandahin ko na lang


Part of my plan this year is to rid myself of old bikes, other MTB and just have one MTB Ti, one Bianchi OEM.   I even planned to sell/return Fuji to VM but I changed my mind.  I will get the Cosmic wheelset, the carbon drop bar, and Campy GS.

However the response to the post was discouraging because I did not know the brand model  of the Bianchi frame I had.  It is a very light bike, maybe just 2 lbs shy of Fuji weight.  Has an Ultegra 6600 GS. and Alex Rim wheelset, and FSA carbon crank 53 -39, Cogs xt 11 -32.  And the inquiries were part out, barat, or simply inquiry na lang

However I found out that it is a Freccia Celeste, top of the line alum bike of Bianchi, weighing mere 1.234 grams, and whose geometry is in the like of Specialissima. 

So I decided na I will have it repainted, throw in a lighter carbon fiber drop bar, seat post, and possibly get a Fulcrum Quattro wheelset (1,700 grams).  Retain Ultegra GS 6600, (2,700 grams) And therefore, I would end up with a 7.2 kg bike.  Good enough for an Freccia Celeste.  Sana maging maganda gaya ng nasa mga Google images post

From this:   











To this?




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A good paint and sticker job at Stickermania can accomplish this.

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Bianchi Freccia Celeste Product Review Video

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines
January 11, 2018

Another reason why I should withdraw my Bianchci out of the market.  I am estimating that with the 1.235 grams weight, an Ultegra group set. and a wheel set weight of 1700 grams, I could end up with the total bike weight of only 6.819 lighter than Scott. or only  15 lbs. And yet I am scouting for light bikes in the market.  I did not know what Bianchi I had.  In the product standing of Bianchi, it was the fourth:   Specialissima, Oltre x4, x3 and x2.   The Freccia geometry is like that of Specialissima and is the top among alum bikes of Bianchi.   It retails for about 2,000 UK pounds in UK.

It even was voted one of the bikes of the year in 2016.Wow

From Bike Radar - Bianchi Freccia Celeste






My Bianchi Bike  (a nobody before -  mahal pala;  hindi pala basta basta at mumurahin)












                                                Babaguhin ang pintura:   Celeste green paint with black
                                                         letters; then Red line and arrow;   Italy
                                                                 or Iglesia colors sa seat tube