DREAM BUILD BIKE - vintage bianchi - road bike restoration project 

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Bianchi +Campagnolo 👍👍👍

every day I walk 6 kilometers to get to work, and now I have a bicycle even though it is still cheap it is still a big help 🥰

I really like this build. This kid respects the heritage of this Bianchi, yet he is able to blend it very nicely with modern parts. So many of us suffered on these bikes. They have a character of their own, this build captures that character. Great job!

I find myself coming back to this video every few months and it's a solid watch every time

I can't imagine the patience required to pull this off, it looks absolutely stunning.

Rad build dude! Better than the day it was bought. You are in a special club, as am I. Sanding a bike frame to a polish is a job many have started, but few have finished. Ive never polished a steel frame, but did sand it quite fine, 800 grit. I then hung it close to the ground from a tree in my front yard overnight to get dew on it. In the morning, as planned, a bit of corrosion had started. I warmed and dried it in the sun, then after a quick wipe with tack cloth, hit it with several coats of clear. It is a striking looking bike now, built up with vintage parts. Over 10 yrs later, the finish is slowly maturing. I did sandblast, then hand sand/polish an aluminum frame for a hybrid to singlespeed conversion build. I feel your pain. Yes, weeks of evenings watching TV, sanding. I regretted sandblasting as I had to sand down to the bottom of the profile left by the blast media. I used metal polish and found it darkened it a bit. Mothers aluminum polish left a brighter finish than autosol. Youve inspired me to try this on a FUJI Im playing with at present. Its all original, paint is a 6 outa 10. But its purple. I also wanna cut/file the pump peg, the (extra?) chain hanger, yes, two of em. Also get rid of the fender mounts. I often drill a big hole in the bottom of the bottom bracket shell, for weight. Ive modified the sausage tube that holds rear brake caliper so now my rear brake faces forward, mounted to front side. I think it looks cool, works just as well, and I could shorten cable a few cm. If I was doing your Bianchi, Id drill the handlebars to internally route the cable. Done this on modern and old school bars. Works great, no electrical tape.

I couldn't just give this one a "Like", so here's a "❤" too. I'm doing the same with a vintage Tommasini Super Prestige. Nicely executed Jacob. It came out gorgeous.

I did something similar with an early ‘80s Trek road racing frame. I had it sandblasted and powder coated. The finish came out beautiful and then I built it up with an Ultegra set up. It rides like a dream!

Great video. We all have those bikes we lusted after at some point and they seem at the time like dreams. For me, it was the mid-80s Zullo, Pinarello, Tommasini, and Picchio. I have all but the Tommasini now. Originally, I went with contemporary vintage components but all now have modern components so I can get the most use out of them. They are no longer dream bikes for me but a reality. And they all get ridden properly. They are not wall hangers.

This is the most exquisite of all the builds I've come across so far. Amazing stuff! Congratulations for being able to pull this off.

Unreal build! Perfect balance of vintage, modern, and style!!

what a beautiful bike! one of my dream is to build vintage bike with top spec modern components like that.

I absolutely love these kinds of bikes! My own road bike is a very similar kind of frame made locally in 1988 (like 30km from where I live) from Columbus SLX tubing which was looking really sorry for itself. I sanded it, resprayed and built up with all modern parts. It's the best road bike I've ever had and I'm absolutely in love with these. I really wanna get more people to know how amazing an old high quality steel frame is with a fresh setup.

Love it. reminds me when I rebuilt an "old" Raleigh bike I used for years and completely rebuilt it with updated components. used it for long distance races up to 150 miles

What a lovely thing to do. Spent many days during lockdown sanding down an old Ridley frame...alloy,with Time Carbon stays and forks. Sprayed lacquer on carbon and polished the aluminum. Built up SramForce 10 speed to use as adventure bike for my son and me to use..

Your parents certainly have an interesting garden! We had just cucumbers and tomatoes.

Nice job and a lovely video, thanks for sharing. Shame you’re not keeping it! I did something similar with a Bianchi titanium frame that was a replica of the 2004 Roubaix winning bike. Some later era Bianchis than yours have structural foam injection in the seat tube which can be damaged by paint stripper so that’s one pitfall to watch out for. The bikes with it came with a frame sticker near the bottom bracket advertising it. I used Scotch-Brite pads to take off the paint and give a brushed Ti finish. That took weeks as well! I put 10 speed Campagnolo Record triple from the era of the last of the range topping alloy chain sets. Royce / Sapim / Ambrosio hand built wheels with Panaracer gravel tyres were added and Brooks Swallow Ti saddle. I’ve ridden it like this for a couple of years as a gravel bike and did rather well on certain Strava segments that were only really tackled on MTBs.

Absolutely superb! The bike looks amazing. I personally love the modern g/set and wheels on the the steel frame.

It´s a sweet experience restoring a classic bike. I have my own project, a Benotto 3000 that I found on the trash.

I found a '80s Bianchi Ocelot and over the course of 2 years found all the parts to make is a 1X gravel bike. The frame geometry is so comfortable! Short of Rivendell or Temple I don't think any bike manufacturers even make Frames like this. We both took a 30+ yr old bike and gave it new life and another 30 years. You can't do that with a carbon bike.

Beautiful build well done 👍

That is one absolute Masterpiece!

I’m just finishing up a similar build, but with a Lemond frame. I’m glad to see I’m not alone in running into problems! Great build and video. 😊

Gorgeous! I have an old Ciocc also with Columbus tubing that I'd love to do up like this!

What a beautiful build. I did my girlfriends bike from scratch over the lock down

Great build. You inspired me to do my own modernized steel frame covid project, though not as high spec. Bridgestone with a new 105, was a blast and enjoy riding it. Please consider another.

Great Build.. such a beauty!!

That bike looks absolutely awesome!

Great Retro Build!!

Absolute work of art! Beautiful built 😍

What an awesome project. The finished bike is really a thing of beauty; a work of art! I'd have kept it and hung it on the wall ;-)

I need to convince my mom to plant a couple Bianchi bushes in her garden.

Love your work mate, beautiful bike. So sad to hear you sold it! The sentimental value is priceless.

Three weeks of sanding! What a project. Love it. Also good to see you still own BSA and Pressfit Headset Tools.

Beautiful looking bike. Lovely. Great job

I have my friend's ol 1986 Specialized Allez he bought new after college. I cold worked the rear stays to respace the dropouts to fit 135mm axle/10 speed. I kept the original paint and just touched up the nicks and scratches. I eventually want to put a full Shimano 105 groupset on it, but for now it's rolling with a Tiagra/Sora mix (robbed from my daughter'sold bike she outgrew), Reynolds Stratus Elite wheels, Profile carbon fork, and other bits.

absolutely stunning

cool to see. I have a late 90's Bianchi Eros that I ride daily. I love it. I dont really see a need to upgrade it at all. I did a full refresh on it 9 years ago and it's due for a good cleaning and some new cables and tape. thanks for the inspiration!

That is one beautiful machine. I bet it rides like a dream.

Damn that looks awesome! I have my dream BMX in my workshop but I’m now getting into a little bit of road riding to lose some weight, and have bought an old school fixie, don’t even know what brand it is, but’s a start. I have an image in my head of my dream bike, and I’m bidding on the frame now, and just looking for bits now and then. Can’t wait to put some miles on them

Super cool! I’m in the middle of a very similar project - 90’s Veloce frame. I’m going to be doing a modern take on Celeste-blue, and will be using retro NIB Campy drivetrain. But I love your vision and design. GREAT JOB!

Outstanding, beautiful bike!

I am a bike lover and i like so much road bike. Watching from philippine island in asia.

Oh yeah I can relate I stripped paint off an old Cinelli Supercorsa with chem stripper and it Took Forever those old Italian Bikes have like 6 layers of paint on them and yes it was chromed but the areas that weren't polished were dull so I PAINTED It BLACK haha. Steel is Still Real!!

A Wonder !! Amazing work

Really want this type of build in my lifeeee

Fantástica 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 Cumprimentos de Portugal 🇵🇹

best dream build, hands down.

Beautiful ❤

Looks fantastic.

This is such a lovely project ❤ I got some nice inspiration to do a similar one with a Vitus 992 :)

i got Bianchi Celeste same frame ,with all campy super record ,my wheels are Frances but those rings you put in your bike looks amazing on it i will try my 60 carbon rings in my old Bianchi! nice bike you have my friend

Amazing build 👏🏼, hope you decide to keep it!

Made a similar project with a GIOS Torino compact 40th anniversary with a Record groupset, Deda parts, Campa wheels and Vittoria tires. It’s a lightweight dream. I like yours too, great job! But I would have saved the painting. I prefer a good old true patina before a stripped, clear coated steelframe.

Best custom!!!

yooo this vidio is amazing~! Great inspo for trying this at some pont!

Wow amazing bike!

nice restoration...i had a friend who had a bianchi and he would let it be known that his bike was a bianchi (mine was a nishiki made in japan) i always wanted to put my hands on a bianchi ...maybe someday...

I would cycle the heck out of such a beauty! 😍

Amazing bike

I tried a lacquer finish over raw steel, didn't hold up, had better luck with clear enamel that i cooked on with a heat gun. That bianchi is beautiful 👍

thats sick, ive got an old holdsworth hanging about at home, im going to look into doing something like this

top top top top ficou top parabéns...aguardo mais videos como esse com mais vintage...ganhou mais um inscrito..

God. Damn. What a beauty!

Great work!

cant believe Jake hasn't mentioned this video in the ebay description haha this should make anyone want to buy it

In 1969 I built a custom geared Bianchi that hit 60mph on the flats if there was no wind issues. It was a very strong but light bike.😊

Sorry I missed your question. As for stuff I’d like to see: always been a huge fan of the red hook and other race videos. They were def my favs. But gear, casual rides (site seeing) and vlogs are always fun too!

Is that a McVitty's chocolate digestive? Great build, looks fantastic. Someone is going to be a very proud owner of this machine.

Blisters from sanding LOL. Next time have it glass bead blasted you'll thank the gods for it, way better and cleaner than any hand sanding, that's what I did for my Bianchi Limited.

beautiful bike and wheelset. a fan from Indonesia

Classic with very nice modern, I think the rudder fork and support and seat post should have been made of carbon, very nice restoration.

Gran video chicos ,saludos desde México

love it!!!!

Cracking bike bravo 👍

Superbe Bianchi bravo

I'm not a big fan of vintage bikes, but this is absolutely stunning! :) Ok maybe the white cable houses,and the handlebar tape what I don't prefer. :)

Would like to know more about how to make decals. You have done some amazing work there. Thank you for sharing.

Linda bike!

Go for it...

I found a 2006 Bianchi Giro frame on the side of the road and I've been Frankensteining it together with parts I have around. One thing that this bike won't have is a front derailleur because who ever had the bike before ground off the metal pin bracket that would of held the front derailleur. So, I'll just have to put a single chain ring. I'm going to use fiber glass to cover the grinder marks. I'll probably paint it a 2020 Bianchi turquoise.

Good bike

Nice ❤️😁

Wow building your childhood dream byke and the sell it,this is cold blood ,i couldn't doit

FANTASTIC channel !!!

One of the most beautiful bikes I have ever seen. Great job man!

La quiero!!!

Great video and beautiful work . He didn’t mention it , but do you recall if he had space the rear wider to accept a modern wheel set ?

ugh,bartape installation is so good

I did a restomod on a 91 Cannondale. it's funny because I had the exact same nightmare with my bottom bracket. first the original bb was nearly impossible to get off. then the new holotech bottom bracket started stripping the threads On the frame. so yeah exact same issues pretty funny !

that bike is beautiful it really needs a modern stem and bars tho to match the rest of it

you should cracked the riddle with a bikeshop at home ;-) nice finish

Can I ask which paint stripper you used please? I’m thinking of painting my bike over this coming winter 🤞

Looks like a great Circuit crit racer!!! (Looking at the gearing)

1:47 "i left gta5 on it over night" me: you left a cd disc on it?

Quick question. How did you get the wheels to fit so well on that frame. I thought there would be more of a gap going from 27 1/4 inch vintage wheels to the slightly smaller 700c size. Thanks let me know

very nice

The digestive break seemed integral 🤣

I'm looking at a frame like that and I have a 105 groupset available for cheap. Will I make the bottom braket fit to that bike easily?