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You want the chainstay to say 390mm - you may want to steepen the HT angle if you are in to that sort of tight track stuff (look for a shorter rake fork if you want to keep the trail at 60mm).

But it all depends on the purpose of the bike?

HT that long allows me to run a horizontal stem minus any spacers at the stack I need. It still gives me a 12cm drop from saddle to bar tops.
It's being built as path racer geo so will have muddies and slightly slacker HT because of that..

Why would you not run a 0 or 6° stem?

It's a relatively direct way between A and B.

It also leaves you with somewhere to go if you want to go lower.

250mm on my derosa... come at me bro ;)

Muddies (+minus mud) and 365mm axel to crown doesn't mix

Just thinking I prefer the more horizontal stem look rather than something hi(gher) rise. I know that it won't go lower but I seriously doubt I'll ever need that, only getting older ;)
The forks have already been tried and tested with Curano light muddies and 25c tyres so should work fine.
Thanks for the thoughts boys, all input is appreciated before this gets put on the jig

What's the name of the fork?

Kinesis dc21 I think. Got the same AC as a roadie fork but take muddies basically.

Two weeks ago I bought a bike (off ebay) for the first time in 30 years. A Bianchi Road bike.

I thought it was a great deal for this sort of thing until I cheerfully took it to the LBS to get a service. Needless to say there was a lot of tsk tsking at its decrepit state and a long list of replacements which easily tallied to more than the I’d paid for the bike. Returned home to find myself embarking on a crash course in bike culture and terminology and to see if I could get her running without spending more than its worth. There’s been a lot to learn.

I have managed to source a few of the parts required (hopefully the correct sort), a new crankset, a new 9-speed campagnolo cassette, a front wheel, but still need a rear campy wheel or wheelset thats compatible, and possible new seat, pedals, cables, tape, chain, brake pads.

Any help, suggestions welcome.

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Crown Height: 369mm.

^ ah cheers, need to get that changed then. Good eyes!

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Shamals, Carbon Seatpost!

Orange bartape?

Maybe you'd have been better off sourcing a 30 year old one.

Record 10 speed brake calipers and carbon crankset mounted, the rest sill 8 speed. Works fantastically. Few bits still to find and I can change the rest. Best get on finding a longer stem and lowering that stack as I feel like I'm sitting just about upright as it is.

@Gaston_Fr Mavic Or for sure. The others are just so commonly common.

@Tychom You bastrd... I'd asked the seller just for the frame. Nice to see it stay in the city ;)

Nice one Dan, how deep are those wheels?

What's up with the wheels and crankset? I'd be hesitant to dump a load of cash on it before riding it at all. I'd suspect the chain/casette/possibly chainrings are worn but if you're going to replace them all anyway there's no harm in seeing what it rides like first before replacing them. Could you whack some brake pads and bar tape on and ride it safely?

As you've probably established, wheelset and crankset are going to be the things that hurt the wallet most. In my experience, replacing cables, brake pads, chain, cassette and possibly bar tape and tyres will get most bikes running pretty nicely. Though obviously if the wheels and cranks are fundamentally broken, they'll need to be addressed.

Good luck with it.

The price was too good, you should have just said "I'll take it all" :)

Cheers :)
Wheels are 45mm.

To long for me...:/ ^58,5 58><

So you should get your buste and your arms rallonged my dear. Because dis frame is gorgeous !

Lol, As it happens, as a result of looking deeper I decided to get a single speed and do the Bianchi as a project. Now the proud owner of an Overburys of Bristol Reynolds 531 single speed.But hoping to get the Bianchi up to speed on the cheap.

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Unfortunately the rims have a crack in them, so it could explode at any time (I found that out after riding to the local LBS. The brake rims were extremely concave. Have addressed the cranks and front wheel, but having trouble even understanding which hub is compatible when trawling ebay for a second hand cheapy. Campy 9-speed compatible wheels are few and far between. Hoping someone here might have an old but usable one available :-)

Shorter stem and lots of stretching?

You can't give up on something that beautiful!