1977 Bianchi build! We assemble the entire bike. 

Nothing works better than campag

This video is the best thing to watch after a long busy day, so relaxing and beautiful.

Don’t apologize for riding them. Enjoy them. Being a museum curator and preserving them for the next guy when you pass on isn’t as much fun.

Those Campagnolo components are just so beautiful... And thank you for using period-correct Italian components on that beautiful Italian frame, it just seems so perfect from an aesthetic standpoint! Please keep up the great work and keep posting these amazing videos.

Beautiful looking bike. The Celeste is always iconic.

BIANCHI-CAMPAGNOLO 👍👍❤❤

That place looks like bicycle heaven.

That right there my friend is my dream bike. Absolutely stunning bicycle. Thank you for making this video. I hope one day, I get the chance to buy one and build it too.

Nice bike John

This brings back such memories. I worked in a bike shop in Boulder in 1978-1983 off and on, mostly so I could buy Campy parts at cost. I loved assembling and tuning up old full-campy racing bikes.

Beautiful build, they don't make them like that anymore so much more style and personality in the frame and components, thanks for sharing!

Nice build and a beautiful bike. Every collection needs an iconic Celeste #227 Reparto Corsa Bianchi!

I love your build, I did the same with a Masi Grand Criterium. We have the same style except for the brake cables, aero-cables are such a cleaner look, and I've done it even with original Campi hoods. Keep up the good work.

What a great video! After 50 years, I still have all of my old Campy tools. It makes me want to build some bikes! What a trip down Memory Lane…

Lovely bike John or what ! dig the paint colour 1st class components all of it .

Beautiful bike, good job on the build vid. Very enjoyable to watch.

MA 40❤️❤️❤️❤️....btw is that you on the poster in the background ? Stunning build, makes my Trek 560 look like a scrapyard dog 😆👍

Lucky find on the handlebars!...I've always wanted to see just how those leather wraps are sewn on...it seems incomprehensible!! But I'm really glad you're going to ride it...every bike deserves to be ridden, even if only on a perfect sunny day every once in a while!

Absolutelty gorgeous….Long live Fausto Coppi….

Just wonderful - dreambike of my youth!

Great find and video. Classy bike

awesome video.

John, you remind me of someone...... Me 🤣 We're like kids when it comes to bikes.

Great item! Would highly recommend!

Such a beautiful bicycle.

Just discovered your channel this morning on your 1977 Bianchi build. Has to be one of the coolest garage set up's that I have seen with all the vintage bikes just beautiful!👍

Stunning bike, and a very interesting, easy-to-follow video.

You are super person. On the wall I see red guerciotti. I have the same one. Red aluminium on. Campagnolo parts.😊

A real beauty! I love the handlebars with leather.

Well, that's the bike I really want. Beautiful things, sir. Congratulations.

John, beautiful bike! One side note, even though you live in the Chicago area (iirc), you still live in “the first world”, ergo, any and all of your problems/ issues will always be “first world problems” 🤷‍♂️ Keep up the work & channel, always enjoy your vids!!

Love the video. Beautiful bike!

simplismente linda tudo original e não a palavras para descrever a minha emoção, porque e muito linda e amo essa bike parabens pela sua bianchi.

Congratulations. Beautiful!!!

I managed a bicycle dealership back in the 80s that sold Bianchi. Of course they had plenty of models from Asia. But the bikes from their factory in Milan were a treat. I love the Celeste green.

What a beauty!

its poetry genius thank you

Liked the build ! Good work . Thanks

Really like your work and videos. Keep up the great work. Thanks

Great vid, really enjoyed it! My dream bike, made the year I was born.

Yowser, what a lovely build 👌🏼 I’m not too shy to admit that classic Bianchi’s are my absolute favourite bikes. You’ve made my day with this gem, enjoy the ride 👌🏼👍🏼

A real beauty.

Congratulations on the careful and neat assembly of this iconic Bianchi model. This Brazilian's dream here. Hugs!

Wow. Awesome

your on to something big here congratulations💋💋💋

OMG new old stock....wow! Hmm I am drooling, just wow very jealous. Im hoping to get my hands on a Bianchi in the new year, this has been a pleasure to watch. Thanks again buddy

Great video and channel. Glad I came across it. Subscribed!

gorgeous bike, well-made video. Thanks.

Hi John, I loved the video! With the amount and quality of the bikes you have this is great content, looking forward to more build videos!

Well built, if I may just a note, there is a mix of Nuovo record and Super record components. I know that 1977 Super Record rear derailleur is hard to find but I would have made the effort to complete the bicycle with a complete Super record groupset. Safe ride

Nice build John. You're right about the SR rear derailleur prices. I looked for years for one at a sane price.

Just DAMN!!

Hi there!So many beautiful details on this bike!Wow...simply stunning looking bike!👍

You nailed it guy! What a beautiful build

Hi John, great video have only just seen it, lovely bike, I had a Bianchi in the early 80s and looking to getting another one, just one thing I think the front derailleur is post 78/79 as it has a lip on the front plate. Looking forward to seeing some more vids, also nice to see you have some bikes from my neck of the woods the UK.

Nice build! Looks outstanding and I would have to ride it also!

RIDE that bad boy!!!

Very nice bike

NICE BUILD! My 'rich neighbor/friend' had an '83 Bianche in celeste green, looked exactly the same as your build here. 90% of the components were the same. For some reason they sold with almost but not quite full Campy NR gruppo, only difference the Modolo Speedy brakes (and 'maybe' cheaper non Campy pedals? Not sure.), and my friend had to (have his rich dad) buy him your same Campy Record brakes, cause he said the Modolo Speedys 'sucked'. OC he had to be the 1st to buy Look Pedals (PP56) in '85, a year before everyone else started buying them. I remember he had to drill 3 holes in each of his SIDI cycling cleats and tack in the 6 included spiked nuts to get the Look delta cleats to bolt on (black delta cleats w/o 'float' were only cleats available at the time). I also remember his SIDI cleats' soles delaminated from him repeatedly pulling up when climbing out of the saddle & sprinting. I was his 'poor neighbor/friend' who had to save $ for over a year doing yard work and odd jobs for 'rich folks in the neighborhood' to buy my 1st 'decent road bike' (an '86 Nashbar Road LP for $283 on sale [$765 on 2022 $]). I still have that bike. I believe Shogun made the frames for Bike Nashbar. My Nashbar was made in Japan w/triple butted Ishiwata tubing. The frame is strange, has the seatstays cross and braze onto the seattube and toptube making an ~ 8" triangle. Considering my frame's 25" (I'm 6' 4") this weird engineering makes this my stiffest steel bike, and rides the best of all my vintage bikes IMO. The geometry seems 1/2 '80s Sport Tourer' with 73° head/seattube angles & 40" wheelbase, not all out racing, but not 'sport touring' bike either. My only gripe with riding it today in my 50s is I could just BARELY fit 28mm Conti Gatorskins on the rear, having to file the brake bridge of frame a tad to get 1.5mm of clearance (I know, supposed to be minimum 3mm but not possible. Front 28mm gatorskin does have 3mm clearance). Gotta have 28mm tires since I'm a Clyde at 225 lbs. Back in HS I thought I had 'the sucky bike' but I was completely wrong. Nashbar made excellent bikes back in the 80s. My Nashbar came equipped with the typical mishmash of Suntour, Sugino & Dia-Compe components which all meshed together nicely. Same gearing as your Bianchi (2x6 sp: 42/52t 13-24t). I believe my old neighbor/friend still owns his Bianchi also, his with tubulars.

I had one with similar logos on the seat stays and fork crown. I searched all over for a serial no and the only place I could find is like yours, at the top of the seat tube on the drive side. Mine was 501. It was originally red and had been painted black with gold splatters, according the the seller the previous owner painted it that way to discourage theft. But it did have a nice compliment of Campagnolo group. I had it blasted and powder coated red, I just couldn't love the gold splatter. I have since moved it on to a good owner.

I think the Frame can't be NOS from 77. This Frame is resprayed , you can see this on the Screws from Bottleholder and the new Decals . But i love this Frame . Thank you for showing .

Magnificent! My first real bike was a Colnago Mexico in 1984 suntour superbe. When I could campy Nuevo record went on it. I preferred track pedals. Suntour was identical to Campy in use. Love that blue Colnago on the wall👍

Very nice!

great you have the crank bolt caps...first thing ditched by racers.

Sending my full support Sir God bless you sir🙏 from Philippines

My Eddy Merckx is an 85' pro I believe . made in Belgium Columbus tubes but as I mentioned I lost/stolen the parts while it was stripped for over haul...I got it from a unpaid storage unit bid . $250 ...frame and fork original mavic wheels ..... before I stripped it I rode about 800-1000 miles on it and it's so fun ...need modular carbon tho , stuff insane. BTW you know your stuff !!! All the vintage info is especially cool 😎 cheers

Didn't Campagnolo make wheels back then, I remember my first bike back in the 70s had Campy wheels.

Really very nice 😎

Ive been watching your videos since I bought my Mercian a couple of years ago and spotted you had one or two also. Great collection and enjoyable videos. Keep up the good work from Derby. England.

magnifico ! Love the brown suede Rolls saddle. Perhaps the black buffalo hide would be even more over the top ? Nice work

Beautiful bike! It's always so nice to work with the good parts with quality bearings, good threads, etc., especially when you also have to deal with some other parts that barely function when new. There might not have been time (or need) to mention it, but when installing a chain pin, it may be necessary to use the upper position on the chain tool to avoid/fix a stiff link. I'm not sure how many folks out there have ever installed a chain without a master link.

I have a Racing Department 1995 TSX UL frame and fork, that I raced from 1995 to 2000. I believe that 1995 was the last year that they made steel frames in their racing department. After that, it was Ti, and then, finally, carbon. I built it up with Campy Chorus 8 speed Ergo. 8 speed Campy allowed me to use all of my old 7 speed race wheels, because it would index perfectly with the Sachs freewheels. You just had to block off the last shift on the derailleur stop screws.

Great build. So cool to see in such good nick. I have a Bianchi Pista Peroni edition that has the same livery with the accents slashes on the B and I. Any idea on the logo meanings? Or eras??? Bianchi have so many different versions/fonts.

3.6 looks like half of the serial number to me. On my 1982 (1981 build) Campione d'Italia, the S/N wraps around the seat lug, with 1.M on one side and 9914 on the other.

I would love to take that Italian machine for a spin !

😍

What a sweet bike and great way to document it. Care to disclose what a project like this costs or if there are similar NOS opportunities that aren't as spendy? Thanks!

Hi John, perhaps the frame number is on the stearing tube. I had the same situation on my 1969 Bob Jackson and the guys on the factory told me to check thare.I hope will help>

The park cable cutting tool has an integral crimper too, does better job than needle nose pliers.

Loved Loved the video😊 I am actually trying to look at any vintage Bianchi video and resto I can find.😂 The Covid shut down led me to my new hobby, on top of my many other endeavors I get into. I am looking to find a resto like the one am doing now-because it is a rare bird I came across and I love this bike so much I had no choice but to restore it. I am just getting frustrated to the fact that finding parts for it is futile.😔 But we do what we can, for what we have…,right? 😊🎃 I will keep watching your projects🙃☮️👈🏽

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Given that grease over time, especially over forty years congeals, of course you did FULLY disassemble the entire BB, as well, the headset, FULLY clean out all parts, FULLY relubricate and reassemble, right......? You lightly honed out the seat tube, right? You assessed BB final setting of the adjustable cup via 360 ("12/3/6/9" O'clock) degree rotation of drive side before you mounted the left crank, right? Given the age of the NOS hubs, they were also disassembled and relubed, reset with pre-load gap for final proper bearing pressure once clamped down with proper QR closure, right? The Regina was, of course, fully cleaned and relubed, right? Rear triangle assessed for alignment, right? Fogging all 11 tubes not necessary but beneficial before assembly. Entire 1-A stem bolt assembly FULLY tagged with anti-seize on all surfaces, as well, steering tube I.D., 1-A O.D. before assembly, right? Clear protective tape underneath the cable guides is always a good idea. So too, fully disassembling the pedals before mounting and regreasing both sets of bearings as the grease has congealed. It's always a sound idea to lightly lubricate upper and lower RD pivot bolts and lubricate/oil the pulleys. The Nuovo Record derailleur is in fact correct for that frameset.

Firstly, beautiful bike John. Do you know a good resource to find out the age and model of an older Bianchi bike? The only bike I have is an older Bianchi road bike, I’m guessing a bit newer than this one (probably 80s) and not Celeste but more of a cobalt blue. Would love to know the exact age and model as it’s still in pretty good condition and I love the thing.

Where can you buy these old vintage bike party ?

I don't think the plain nuts you use were used to hold on the water bottle. Likely a domed type, more dressy.

John. Was the nuovo record the top of the line at that time? or was it the c record?

Best bike ever made was the Bianchi SLX frame!

I don't shame you at all regarding your wheel/tire choice. There is nothing wrong with modern high end clinchers! I gave up tubulars when I moved to north coastal San Diego and discovered goat head thorns. :(

whats the brand of yours tire look soooo good on the bike

❤️🧡💛💚💙 MY DAAANNGGGG……

Install Campag cranks on square taper BB with *no* grease

I forgive you on the clinchers. That said, a friend convinced me to try the Tufo tape. We shall see…

Yo, just look at your seat-lug for the serial number to see its not a 1977 model, but a 1976 model, which would have come with NR grouppo. So much for flashing a 77 SR rear derailleur, but its still a vey nice bike. Great mechanical and youtube ability but you might need to spend a few bucks for new glasses my friend.

Are you going to wear Period Correct shoes from the 1970's ?

the way gas prices are people will buy more bikes I saw it one year bike shops were selling bikes at a rapid rate to the point cars weren't selling I had to laugh I loved it hooray for the bike I still have my 15 speed Schwinn now gas prices 5.00 a gallon bike shops are doing a spectacular job they are selling like hot cakes great for the bike industry too bad Schwinn is out of business

I wanna buy this bike. Please send me information

mais uma linda naveeeee top pronta parabéns..

Cómo puedo conseguir una bicicleta clásica así igual como la del vídeo me deja saber cómo sé los agradecería.

the loss of feel riding with clinchers versus the original sew ups is massive...sew ups provide a far and away better ride for the purist...perhaps try those bad boy sew ups again? My guess is you'd drive differently from what you did as a young man, and the sew ups are better now too. As someone who'se done this very same thing with an early 70's Campy Atala, I can say clinchers were a big mistake. Too much loss of Ferrari like road feel.

10:24 - nobody put those on back in the day...