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| 1985 Bianchi Nuova Alloro - After Restoration |
This is Joel's 1985 Bianchi Nuova Alloro in for restoration. The Alloro was found in a shed in East St. Louis and was off the road for decades. For all you racing fans I like to imagine it was found with in view of the open credits of one of my favorite movies "American Flyers".
The Alloro had a lot of issues from being imporperly stored for decades but I feel it really doesn't have many miles on of actual riding on it. It was covered in a powder that did some etching to the alloy but that polished away nicely.
The Alloro will recieve a complete restoration along with new tires, new tubes, all new cables and housings, new bearings, new handlebar tape along with a few of the decals. The Columbus Tubing decals and the Mavic rim decals will be repalced.
The Alloro took a lot of work to remove the years of improper storage but in the end I fell the bicycle turned out stunning! I am a little suprised how light the bike feels yet it is very stable and very nimble. It took a little back and fourth to decide on cable housing color but in the end I think the silver braided color is perfect, it blends in nicely with out disapperaing and also is not to much of a contrast.
First time using the Panaracer Gravel king road bike tires. Extremly difficult getting the tires on the rims as they are tight tires and the rims are tall rims. In the end the Gravel Kings ride really nice, I was a little suprised they road so nice on tarmac.
Very fun bike I hope you enjoy the photos!
Thank you,
John Z.
