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I bought this Bianchi in France about 5 years ago. They old guy I bought it from told me that it was built for, and used by, the 1976 Italian junior cycling team (it's a snug 52cm frame). He also said something about the Olympics, but my French isn't/wasn't that good so I didn't get it all. 1976 was an Olympic year, but I didn't think they had 'junior' teams.
It was kitted out with Campag Nuovo Record cranks, FD, RD, BB, headset and brakes. The chainrings had been updated with Super Record, and the brake levers replaced with C-Record. (He said he'd sold the NR levers when he upgraded them many years ago). Wheels are Record hubs on un-named tubular rims. Saddle is an original-looking black suede 3TTT, on a 3TTT areo setpost (another upgrade I assume), stem is 3TTT Record, with Cinelli bars. I've still got everything, down to the top tube cable clips and bottle cages, and have sinced sourced NR brakes levers and seatpost to complete the set.
I've found similar things online, but nothing exactly the same (fork crowns slightly different, seat stay markings slightly different, etc). I think it's a Specialissima, or maybe a Reparto Corsa, and I'm assuming it's Columbus tubing, but I'm not sure, so I'm after any info and advice on it. The are no name decals, and no tubing decals.
ID numbers on the seat lugs are '5.6' (May 1976?) on the drive side, '417' on the other side.
Thanks for any details....
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