I want a carbon Bianchi

[mikees]

Following on from the previous "I'm a tart and want an Italian bike" thread.

I really need a blue carbon Bianchi (well want not need) and have finally given in today as I need to cheer myself up.

So, whos got what and what are they like? (good deals)? Suspect I'm a 53cm frame but need to get fitted up.

I'm open to race vs sportif geometry (c2c?) and feel it needs campy GS not Shimano.

Otherwise anything goes. It does have to be blue though to full fill a childhood dream.

Mike

And before anyone mentions it i am a bike tart.

[rattyuk2000]

Infinito CV.

Best bike I've ever owned.

[mikees]

How much !!!!!!!! I should say that I'd rather stay under 2k. I was thinking 1300ish maybe.

[Disco You]

It's called Celeste, not blue

[il sole]

mikees said:

it needs campy GS not Shimano.

+1

[Raven Flyer]

My GF has a 2013 Infinito in Celeste.

She chose it with Athena 11 and Fulcrum Quattros. It is a stunning bike. The temperamental Athena* shifting has recently been binned for Di2 running on the Campy cogs and it is now the perfect bike. In hindsight, she says, she should have specc'd Di2 from the outset, but then it would have come in black, not celeste.

Great bikes, you won't be disappointed.

• If you consider that indexing gears before almost every ride is all part of owning Campagnolo gearing, do not read the rest of this paragraph.

[Grandfondo]

Raven Flyer said:

My GF has a 2013 Infinito in Celeste.

She chose it with Athena 11 and Fulcrum Quattros. It is a stunning bike. The temperamental Athena* shifting has recently been binned for Di2 running on the Campy cogs and it is now the perfect bike. In hindsight, she says, she should have specc'd Di2 from the outset, but then it would have come in black, not celeste.

Great bikes, you won't be disappointed.

• If you consider that indexing gears before almost every ride is all part of owning Campagnolo gearing, do not read the rest of this paragraph.

5000 km on my Infinito and never touched indexing!

[WarrenG]

I've got a Campag Gruppo resting on a czech frame, just waiting for an italian frame to carry it properly. Bianchi, Colnago, I'd like to get something swish.

Raven Flyer said:

My GF has a 2013 Infinito in Celeste.

She chose it with Athena 11 and Fulcrum Quattros. It is a stunning bike. The temperamental Athena* shifting has recently been binned for Di2 running on the Campy cogs and it is now the perfect bike. In hindsight, she says, she should have specc'd Di2 from the outset, but then it would have come in black, not celeste.

Great bikes, you won't be disappointed.

• If you consider that indexing gears before almost every ride is all part of owning Campagnolo gearing, do not read the rest of this paragraph.

and that's badly set-up to start with. I have many hundreds of miles without any indexing grief.

[Usget]

I very nearly bought a 2013 Infinito with Veloce from my LBS (Bicycle Richmond) but had stern words with myself and didn't. My rationale was the same as yours - I don't need it, but look at it!

[simonF10]

Another vote for Infinito CV. Great bike!

[Gizmoish]

Disco You said:

It's called Celeste, not blue

And it's pronounced "sell-ESS-tuh". You have to tell people this, lots. Or they might call it turquoise.




"Che-less-teh."

[mikees]

So how much are we talking for cv? 2.5 min?